Mets' Montgomery suspended 50 games
Kingsport right-hander, 20, tested positive for second time
Mets Minor League right-hander Christian Montgomery was suspended 50 games on Tuesday after testing positive for a drug of abuse for a second time.
Montgomery, who has not played this season, will begin serving his suspension at the start of the Appalachian League season with Rookie-level Kingsport.
The 20-year-old was New York's 11th-round pick in the 2011 Draft out of Lawrence Central High School in Indianapolis, Ind. He debuted last summer and went 0-1 with a 9.39 ERA in two starts for Kingsport.
Montgomery is the 16th player suspennded in 2013 for violating the Minor League Drug Prevention and Treatment Program.
Danny Wild is an editor for MLB.com.