Ryan Braun Included in Biogenesis Records

After becoming the first player in Major League to appeal and successfully overturn a 50-game suspension for alleged performance-enhancing drug usage last year, Ryan Braun’s reputation for being drug-free is once again in jeopardy.

On Tuesday night, Yahoo! Sports’ investigative reporters Tim Brown and Jeff Passan reported that Braun’s name was included in a Miami-based Biogenesis clinic said to have distributed performance-enhancing drugs. The league has been investigating the clinic’s operator, Anthony Bosch, for his involvement in the dispersal.

Here is an excerpt from the story:

Three of the Biogenesis clinic records obtained by Yahoo! Sports show Braun’s name. Unlike the players named by the Miami New Times in its report that blew open the Biogenesis case, Braun’s name is not listed next to any specific PEDs.

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He is on a list that includes Alex Rodriguez,Melky Cabrera and Cesar Carrillo, who the New Times reported received PEDs from Bosch. Also on the list are New York Yankees catcher Francisco Cervelli and Baltimore Orioles third baseman Danny Valencia, who weren’t listed near PEDs either. The record matches a document the New Times posted with Braun’s name redacted and Cervelli and Valencia’s cut off.

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Representatives for Braun, Cervelli and Valencia did not return multiple phone messages left by Yahoo! Sports.

We will continue to relay information as it becomes available.