Steroids in the Minors

Jim Storer at Baseball Musings mentions Greece pitcher AJ Brack, who was barred from the Olympics after testing positive for a banned substance, and wonders whether the fact that this "middle reliever for a lousy team in an independent league" was abusing steriods suggests that such abuse is widespread throughout the lower minor leagues of professional baseball.

The other player tossed out of the Olympic baseball tournament for testing positive for banned substances, David Francia of Italy, was also a minor league player. The lax drug testing rules in American professional baseball were a key sticking point when the IBAF was negotiating with MLB about the proposed World Cup. Draw your own conclusions.