▁ ▁For ▁much ▁of ▁the ▁summer , ▁it ▁had ▁been ▁expected ▁that ▁Rod rig uez ▁would ▁be ▁susp ended ▁for ▁his ▁role ▁in ▁the ▁sc andal . ▁The ▁first ▁definit ive ▁confirm ation ▁came ▁on ▁August ▁ 3 , ▁when ▁ML B ▁re buff ed ▁the ▁players ' ▁union ' s ▁last - min ute ▁offer ▁to ▁negoti ate . ▁Instead , ▁it ▁gave ▁Rod rig uez ▁until ▁the ▁afternoon ▁of ▁August ▁ 4 ▁to ▁reach ▁an ▁agreement ▁regarding ▁a ▁susp ension ▁or ▁greater ▁pun ishment ▁for ▁his ▁role ▁in ▁the ▁Bi ogen esis ▁affair . ▁ ▁On ▁August ▁ 5 , ▁ 2 0 1 3 , ▁ML B ▁susp ended ▁Rod rig uez ▁from ▁August ▁ 8 ▁through ▁the ▁end ▁of ▁the ▁ 2 0 1 4 ▁season ▁for ▁viol ating ▁the ▁league ' s ▁P ED ▁policy . ▁He ▁would ▁originally ▁miss ▁a ▁total ▁of ▁ 2 1 1 ▁regular - season ▁games ▁plus ▁any ▁post season ▁games . ▁He ▁was ▁one ▁of ▁ 1 3 ▁players ▁susp ended ▁for ▁their ▁roles ▁in ▁the ▁sc andal . ▁In ▁its ▁official ▁statement , ▁ML B ▁said ▁that ▁the ▁susp ension ▁was ▁based ▁on ▁Rod rig uez ' s ▁" use ▁and ▁possession ▁of ▁numerous ▁forms ▁of ▁prohib ited ▁performance - en han cing ▁subst ances , ▁including ▁Test oster one ▁and ▁human ▁G row th ▁H orm one , ▁over ▁the ▁course ▁of ▁multiple ▁years " ▁and ▁" for ▁attempting ▁to ▁cover - up ▁his ▁viol ations ▁of ▁the ▁Program ▁by