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Major League Baseball has suspended Derek Dietrich 50 games for violating the league's policy on performance-enhancing drugs.

2 years ago

Dietrich tested positive for 1,4-dimethylpentylamine. The veteran has spent all of this season in the minors with the Yankees and hasn't played in the big leagues since 2020.

2022-08-05 3:43:39 (ET)

Yankees signed INF Derek Dietrich to a minor league contract.

3 years ago

Dietrich last appeared in the majors with the Rangers during the pandemic-shortened 2020 season. The 32-year-old veteran slugger holds a .245/.335/.428 triple-slash line with 84 round-trippers and seven stolen bases across 2,513 plate appearances in 746 major-league games since 2013. He spent time with the Yankees and Nationals at the Triple-A level last year.

2022-04-18 11:48:38 (ET)

Nationals released INF Derek Dietrich.

3 years ago

Dietrich has spent all of 2021 at the Triple-A level, producing just a .631 OPS. He'll probably sit the rest of the season out before seeking another minor league deal this winter.

2021-09-13 7:49:53 (ET)

According to Jesse Dougherty of the Washington Post, the Nationals have signed INF Derek Dietrich to a minor-league contract.

3 years ago

Dietrich is expected to report to Triple-A Rochester, where he will serve as organizational infield depth moving forward. The power-hitting 31-year-old infielder opted out of a minor-league deal with the Yankees earlier this season and appeared in 25 games for the Rangers during the pandemic-shortened 2020 campaign.

2021-07-09 7:54:00 (ET)

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