https://www.bostonherald.com/2019/03/06/red-sox-steven-wright-suspended-80-games-for-hgh-use/
Perhaps most frustrating for the Red Sox is that Wright knew he failed a drug test in the offseason but said he was appealing the suspension and didn’t feel obligated to tell the team until last week.
“Because I knew it was coming, I kind of held out hope in the arbitration or the hearing and stuff,” Wright said. “But I knew it was inevitable, so I felt like my obligation to tell them, I had to, just because of the respect that I have for them.”
If he felt he was obligated to tell the team (like he claims) he would've said something when it happened. He withheld that info out of self-preservation. But it's funny how he's trying to spin it.