Former WV Black Bears' Mitchell Tolman receives 50 game suspension

Photo from 2015 (MiLB.com)

According to a Tweet from Adam Berry, beat reporter for MLB.com and a Pittsburgh Gazette article by Elizabeth Bloom, former West Virgina Black Bears' prospect Mitchell Tolman has been suspended for 50 games for violation of the minor league drug policy. Tolman reportedly received a second positive test for a "drug of abuse".

Tolman was drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the seventh round of the 2015 Major League draft and played in 63 games for the New York-Penn League Champion Black Bears. He played for the West Virginia Power during the 2016 season and was assigned to the Bradenton Mauraders for most of the 2017 season before being promoted to the Eastern League Champion Altoona Curve late in the season.

YEAR	TEAM	LG	LEVEL	G	AB	R	H		2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB		SO	SB		AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
2015	WV	NYP	A(Short)	63	224	32	68		16	4	0	23	33		38	2		.304	.407	.411	.817
2016	WV	SAL	A(Full)	119	434	65	115		20	1	8	48	71		68	10		.265	.370	.371	.741
2017	BRD	FSL	A(Adv)	115	415	66	111		19	3	9	62	58		85	14		.267	.364	.393	.756
2017	ALT	EAS	AA	3	9	1	2		1	0	1	5	0		2	0		.222	.200	.667	.867
2017	2 teams		Minors	118	424	67	113		20	3	10	67	58		87	14		.267	.360	.399	.759
Minors Career	4 teams		Minors	300	1082	164	296		56	8	18	138	162		193	26		.274	.374	.390	.764

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