If MLB imposes 50 or 100 game suspensions for 20 or so players during the season, I'd have to question the wisdom of such a move. I don't think it would signal anything to the fans. Those of us who have been paying attention realize that the baseball establishment willingly let PEDs infect the game when it was good business to have HR records set and shattered. Now, they are trying to prove a point 20 years after PEDs started to ruin the integrity of the games records. IMO, this is too little too late. This move could turn pennant races and playoff hopes upside down which could be very disheartening to the fans. Sure we will be happy if 3 or 4 Yankee stars get taken out, but we will not be so happy if they only get ARod from the Yanks and Ortiz is also on the list. That would completely stink.
Penalties like this should be imposed after the season ends. The fans of teams affected would have the opportunity to pass on buying tickets if their team is adversely affected. Right now, many millions of tickets have been purchased across baseball. Mid season suspensions would punish the fans in addition to the guilty players. MLB botched the PED issue from the beginning and like whores they used the dirty players to make big profits and rejuvenate the game after the '94 strike. They should fine and suspend themselves as aiders and abettors. Instead, they are making a major push to induct into the Hall of Fame the head whore, Bud Selig.