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In MLB's announcement, it did not indicate that Teagarden
failed a drug test but that he was suspended for violating the
league's drug prevention and treatment program.
The 32-year-old Teagarden's suspension will go into effect when
he signs with a major league team. He last played for the
Chicago Cubs in 2015.
In the December documentary, Teagarden was taped discussing his
use of performance-enhancing drugs the previous season. The
report also named major league players Ryan Zimmerman and Ryan
Howard in addition to Manning, who led the Denver Broncos to the
Super Bowl championship in February.
"I used it last year, I was very ... I was scared to be honest
with you," Teagarden was heard saying on the recording. "I took
it for like two weeks and I had a test four weeks after my last
administration of it. Nothing happened ... And I was also taking
peptides too but they were all urine tests, no blood tests ...
Once a year, maybe twice at most."
Manning denied using PEDs and the Miami clinic worker who named
Manning, Zimmerman and Howard later recanted the allegations.
Zimmerman and Howard filed defamation suits against Al Jazeera.
In eight seasons with the Texas Rangers, Baltimore Orioles, New
York Mets and Cubs, Teagarden hit .202 in 510 at-bats. He played
a career-high 60 games in 2009 with the Rangers.
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