One minor nugget of leaked info from Milwaukee's paper.
Quote:
Someone familiar with the decision said the appeal went Braun's way not so much on contesting the result of the test but the testing process itself, some kind of technicality.
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A source familiar with MLB’s drug policy indicated there were only a few ways to overturn a positive test, such as proving a chain-of-custody issue, a flaw in the collection process or providing proof that the player’s team signed off on the substance. Otherwise, the “strict liability” aspect of the policy makes it extremely difficult to exonerate a player.
Apparently, Braun won his appeal by contesting something in the process itself.
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This might follow along with our earlier speculation that maybe there was a chain of custody issue or something where Braun's side argued the sample was tampered with. Who knows if that's true, but if there's a chain of custody issue, MLB has to improve their process and standards to fix that.