Manfred doubts any sport will ever be free of PEDs

Major League Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred is proud of the work being done to try to eliminate players' use of performance-enhancing drugs, despite a wave of recent suspensions that proved some are still trying to cheat the system.

"I do not see it as a program failure that we have positive tests," Manfred said, according to Stephen Nesbitt of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. "I doubt we will ever get to the point where any sport can say with 100 percent certainty no athlete is using a performance-enhancing drug."

Pittsburgh Pirates All-Star outfielder Starling Marte was the league's most recent high-profile player to be suspended. He was handed an 80-game ban last week, while Jonathan Aro, Jose Dominguez, L.J. Hoes, and Steve Delabar have also received suspensions this year.

Marte was the fourth All-Star suspended for using PEDs since 2015, joining Dee Gordon, Marlon Byrd, and Ervin Santana, and the 19th all time.