▁as ▁part ▁of ▁Major ▁League ▁Baseball ' s ▁ 2 0 0 3 ▁survey ▁to ▁see ▁whether ▁mand atory ▁random ▁drug ▁testing ▁program ▁might ▁be ▁necessary . ▁At ▁the ▁time , ▁there ▁was ▁no ▁penalty ▁or ▁pun ishment ▁for ▁a ▁positive ▁ster oid ▁test . ▁Rod rig uez ▁did ▁not ▁immediately ▁confirm ▁the ▁alleg ations , ▁de fer ring ▁at ▁first ▁to ▁the ▁players ' ▁union . ▁Two ▁days ▁after ▁the ▁alleg ations , ▁Rod rig uez ▁admitted ▁to ▁ster oid ▁use ▁from ▁ 2 0 0 1 ▁until ▁ 2 0 0 3 , ▁claim ing ▁that ▁he ▁ceased ▁using ▁such ▁subst ances ▁after ▁spring ▁training ▁that ▁year . ▁▁ 2 0 0 9 ▁regular ▁season ▁Prior ▁to ▁the ▁ 2 0 0 9 ▁season , ▁Rod rig uez ▁was ▁scheduled ▁to ▁represent ▁the ▁Domin ican ▁Republic ▁in ▁the ▁ 2 0 0 9 ▁World ▁Baseball ▁Classic , ▁but ▁he ▁was ▁forced ▁to ▁withdraw ▁when ▁an ▁M RI ▁revealed ▁a ▁c yst ▁in ▁his ▁right ▁hip . ▁When ▁he ▁went ▁to ▁have ▁the ▁c yst ▁dra ined , ▁it ▁was ▁discovered ▁that ▁he ▁was ▁also ▁suffering ▁from ▁a ▁torn ▁lab rum ▁in ▁the ▁same ▁hip . ▁Rod rig uez ▁opt ed ▁to ▁under go ▁an ▁ar th ro scop ic ▁procedure ▁with ▁a ▁recovery ▁period ▁of ▁six ▁to ▁nine ▁weeks , ▁instead ▁of ▁the ▁usual ▁three ▁to ▁four ▁months . ▁ ▁Although ▁the ▁procedure ▁should ▁have ▁allowed ▁him ▁to ▁make ▁it ▁through ▁the ▁season ▁without ▁any ▁comp lications , ▁he ▁required ▁a