The Minnesota Twins reliever's 10-game suspension was cut after appeal, a first in such cases, his agency said
MLB reduces foreign-substance ban for S. Korean pitcher Go Woo-suk
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Minnesota Twins reliever Go Woo-suk pitches against the Chicago Cubs during the clubs' Major League Baseball regular-season game at Wrigley Field in Chicago on July 19, 2026, in this Associated Press file photo. (Yonhap) According to Leeco Sports Agency, this was the first instance in which a player's appeal over a foreign-substance ban has successfully led to a reduction in the 10-game suspension. Major League Baseball began cracking down on pitchers across the majors and the minors applying foreign substances on baseballs during the 2021 season, in order to prevent them from applying extra spin and movement on their pitches. Go was then ejected as he was about to pitch for St. Paul for the first time on July 24.
Furthermore, Go began this season with the Detroit Tigers and had spent the entire season in the minors before the Twins traded for him on July 5 and put him on their MLB roster. Go claimed his innocence on social media, saying he had never once thought about cheating in his career and the substance found in his glove was a hardened mixture of sweat and rosin, not any intentionally concocted illegal substance. (Yonhap).
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Minnesota Twins reliever Go Woo-suk pitches against the Chicago Cubs during the clubs' Major League Baseball regular-season game at Wrigley Field in Chicago on July 19, 2026, in this Associated Press file photo. (Yonhap) According to Leeco Sports Agency, this was the first instance in which a player's appeal over a foreign-substance ban has successfully led to a reduction in the 10-game suspension.
reliability low1/2 sourcesMajor League Baseball began cracking down on pitchers across the majors and the minors applying foreign substances on baseballs during the 2021 season, in order to prevent them from applying extra spin and movement on their pitches.
reliability low1/2 sourcesGo was then ejected as he was about to pitch for St. Paul for the first time on July 24.
reliability low1/2 sourcesGo began this season with the Detroit Tigers and had spent the entire season in the minors before the Twins traded for him on July 5 and put him on their MLB roster.
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Go claimed his innocence on social media, saying he had never once thought about cheating in his career and the substance found in his glove was a hardened mixture of sweat and rosin, not any intentionally concocted illegal substance. (Yonhap)
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