MLBPA debating stiffer PED penalties

“We are addressing every area that we think needs to be addressed in order to have the most effective, most efficient program we can have,” Clark said. “Players have been very vocal, which is tremendous. . . . There’s more beyond just penalties (under discussion). I know that’s gotten the headlines, but there’s more.”

Clark also responded to recent claims from Anthony Bosh on CBS’ 60 Minutes that beating MLB’s drug policy was a “cakewalk.”

“The idea that he was actually right would suggest whether or not I’d be upset, but I know he’s not right,” Clark said. “It’s interesting, when you have drug dealers in front of the camera, any number of different things they’d be willing to offer to validate their existence. . . . I don’t see anything that happened on ‘60 Minutes,’ to be honest with you, as anything valid that I locked in on, simply because a lot of what he offered wasn’t accurate.

“Even putting aside the commentary that -- I don’t even want to say his name at this point -- offered on that ‘60 Minutes’ show, rest assured where we ended up, or where we may end up over the course of conversations with the JDA had less to do with the urban legends that he offered.”

It should not come as a surprise that many players have been vocal with Clark and the rest of the MLBPA in regards to stiffer penalties for PED offenders. It is unclear whether or not tougher penalties will go into effect for the 2014 or not, but it seems likely conversations will at least take place over the next few weeks and months about changes to the joint drug agreement.