The Boston Red Sox organization got some bad news on Friday, as one of their minor league pitchers, Charlie Zink, was suspended by the MLB for 56 games due to a positive performance-enhancing drug test.
Zink, 18, was signed as an international free agent back in December out of Willemstad, Curacao. As a right-handed starter, he's appeared in four games for the Dominican Summer League Red Sox, posting an 8.53 ERA and a 1.89 WHIP while striking out five.
Boston's farm system is already low on talented young arms, so any pitcher losing development time is a negative for the team at this point.
