Pauley, Driggers suspended 50 games
Pauley, who pitched in 10 games for the Blue Jays and Angels this season, was suspended 50 games without pay following a second violation for a drug of abuse. He's 3-2 with a 2.43 ERA in 20 outings, including seven starts, for Tacoma and Salt Lake in the Triple-A Pacific Coast League.
The 29-year-old made his Major League debut in 2006 and has appeared in 91 big league games over parts of five seasons with the Red Sox, Mariners, Tigers and Blue Jays.
Pauley was released by the Tigers in March and signed with the Angels during Spring Training. He saw time with Los Angeles and Salt Lake, the Angels' top affiliate, and was claimed off waivers by Toronto in June. The Jays released him on July 6, and he signed with the Mariners a week later.
Tigers Minor League outfielder D.J. Driggers was suspended 50 games without pay after testing positive for a metabolite of Drostanolone while in the Rookie-level Gulf Coast League. White Sox Dominican Summer League shortstop Carlos Gonzalez was banned after testing positive for metabolites of Stanozolol.
All three suspensions are effective immediately.
Driggers was the Tigers' 22nd-round pick in June out of Middle Georgia College and was batting .160 in 28 games.
Gonzalez was hitting .209 in 58 games in his rookie season.
Drostanolone is an anabolic steroid marketed as Masteron and Stanozolol is a synthetic anabolic steroid derived from testosterone that is sometimes prescribed by veterinarians to encourage muscle growth, red blood cell production, bone density and stimulate the appetite of weakened animals. It's also been linked to bodybuilders and several former and current ballplayers.
Major League Baseball has suspended 81 players this year for violating the Minor League Drug Prevention and Treatment Program.
Danny Wild is an editor for MLB.com.