Major league Baseball suspended Rockies’ Minor leaguer, Mike Jacobs, for 50 games after he tested positive for HGH reports Ken Davidoff of New York’s Newsday. Jon Heyman of Sports Illustrated adds that the Rockies released the infielder as a result of his suspension.

Jacobs later apologized stating that he took HGH to help his knees and back.

Jacobs was hitting .298/.376/.534 with 23 HR’s and 97 RBI’s in 429 AB’s for the Rockies’ Triple-A in 2011. He last played in the Majors in 2010 with the Mets. That year, he hit .208/.296/.375 with 1 HR and 2 RBI’s in 24 AB’s.

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