Rangers Minor League player Doyle suspended

05/02/2011 6:34 PM ET

The Office of the Commissioner of Baseball announced today that Texas Rangers Minor League right-handed pitcher Andrew Doyle has received a 50-game suspension after a second violation of the Minor League Drug Prevention and Treatment Program for a drug of abuse.

The suspension of Doyle, a member of the Club's Single-A Myrtle Beach Pelicans affiliate, is effective immediately.

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