Top 5 List of Other Baseball Players Who Are Probably On PEDs

Now that Melky Cabrera and Bartolo Colon have been the latest casualties to baseball's drug testing program. A lot of the reaction over the suspensions has been the same, "hmm am I really that surprised? These guys used to suck".

Melky with the Braves was pathetic, his bat speed in the playoffs that year was embarrassing. As for Colon, if a 38 year old fat toad who's throwing 95 mph with video game movement doesn't raise concern I don't know what will.

This got me to thinking. There has to be some other players like this that are currently on PEDs trying to beat the system. Here's my top 5.

5. Michael Morse - Washington Nationals

First off I'm a big fan of Morse and the Nats. "The Beast", as he's called, is just that. 6'6'' 245 pounder who drops bombs. Why is he a suspect on my list however?

This guy came up as a shortstop (yes a shortstop) and was an absolute nobody with the Seattle Mariners. He hit 3 home runs in two shorts stints with the M's from 2005-2008. After hitting 15 for the Nats in 2005, Morse had his breakout year last season hitting 31 bombs with a .303 batting average.

After missing most of the beginning of the season with injury, Morse has picked up right where he left off last season with 12 homers and 45 RBIs in just 72 games.

It's not everyday that the player you acquire for Ryan Langerhans turns out to be a perennial all star. Hmmm

4. Alex Rios - Chicago White Sox

It's been an odd career for Alex Rios. He was a highly touted prospect coming up from the minors, he flourished for a couple years, then fell off drastically with the Toronto Blue Jays. After all, this is a guy who the Blue Jays let walk for absolutely nothing off of waivers.

He's still struggled with the White Sox over his two years with the team, but this season he has drastically rebounded.

After a brutal 2011 where he hit 13 homers and drove in just 44 RBIs with a .244 average. Rios in 2012 has 20 homers and 77 RBIs to go along with a .304 average.

The way I see it. Rios had fallen off so much that the man was desperate to keep a job in the majors. Whatever he's "taking" is obviously paying off.

3. AJ Burnett - Pittsburgh Pirates

It can't be as easy as "a change of scenery" right? The man was 34-35 with a close to 5 ERA in his three years with the Yankees.

Magically in his first season with Pittsburgh he is a Cy Young candidate with a 15-4 record and 3.63 ERA.

You can tell me all you want how much not being in New York has helped him out but I'm not buying it.

2. Edwin Encarnacion and Jose Bautista - Toronto Blue Jays

Could we be looking at the "Bash Brothers" 2.0?

We all know the Bautista story by now. A complete nobody who comes out of nowhere to hit 50 home runs two years ago. He's followed up his breakout year with 43 homers last year and 27 so far this year.

Bottom line though. This guy is 6'0'' 190 pounds

As for Encarnacion, his previous career high in homers was 26 back in 2006 with Cincinnati. He has come from near release in spring training to hitting 32 homers so far this season.

Coming into this year he was a career .265 hitter and through 119 games this season he's up to .291 and probably one of the top candidates for Comeback Player of the Year.

My eyebrows are quite raised with these two.

1. Hiroki Kuroda - New York Yankees

Before the Yankee fans jump down my throat here me out. First off, I like Kuroda a lot. The day the Yanks signed him and none of you knew who he was I was there saying it was a great signing.

I liked him because he's a little 37 year old jap who could throw 94 MPH.

He's also number one on this list for that reason.

The guy was average at best with the Dodgers and now magically is dominating the AL East, the best division in baseball.

Look no further than Colon. People that old don't throw that hard and are that good.