On Wednesday, ESPN reported that former MLB superstar Alex Rodriguez provided federal investigators with the names of players who were using performance-enhancing drugs in a 2014 meeting. Rodriguez and investigators met before the then-Yankees third baseman served a 162-game suspension for PED use, which was reduced from an initial 211 games on appeal. Rodriguez identified Manny Ramirez, Ryan Braun and an unnamed All-Star player as those who used banned substances.
It’s one thing for Rodriguez to use PEDs himself, but it’s another for him to reveal the identities of other users. Former Yankees pitcher David Wells explained that Rodriguez’s naming names was as bad as taking the PEDs in the first place.
“That’s not good. That will come back to bite you in the a– tenfold,” Wells said during an interview with Foul Territory. “Nobody likes a rat. You always lie your way out of everything until you get caught and then you got to come clean.”
