FORT MYERS http://www.athleticsfanproshop.com/authentic-khris-davis-jersey , Fla. (AP) — Boston Red Sox pitcher Steven Wright will sit out the first 80 games of the season after testing positive for Human Growth Hormone, a second suspension for the knuckleballer who missed 15 games last year for violating baseball’s domestic violence policy.Wright said in a statement issued through the Major League Baseball Players Association that he learned of the positive test during the offseason.“Although I do not dispute the validity of the test, I was shocked as I have never intentionally ingested anything for performance-enhancing purposes,” the statement said. “I have fully cooperated with MLB and will continue to try and identify the source of the result.”The commissioner’s office said the 34-year-old Wright tested positive for Growth Hormone Releasing Peptide 2 (GHRP-2). He is the second player under the big league program to test positive for HGH, which baseball has screened for in blood tests since 2013.“While we are disappointed by the news of this violation, we will look to provide the appropriate support to Steven at this time,” the Red Sox said in a statement.Wright was arrested on Dec. 8, 2017, at his home outside Nashville, Tennessee, and charged with domestic related assault and prevention of a 911 call, both misdemeanors. The Boston Globe reported prosecutors retired Wright’s case contingent on him completing an anger management course, refraining from violent contact with his wife, and incurring no new criminal charges for a year.A starter for most of his career and an All-Star in 2016, Wright spent the bulk of last season in the bullpen, going 3-1 with a 2.68 ERA in 20 games. In addition to the 15-game suspension, he also missed all of April recovering from knee surgery and then went back on the disabled list with knee inflammation and missed all of August.He was originally on the roster for the first-round playoff series against the New York Yankees, but told manager Alex Cora before Game 1 that his knee was bothering him. Wright did not appear in the postseason, when the Red Sox won their fourth World Series since 2004, and he had surgery on his left knee Nov. 12.“I never thought it’d ever come down to this. I respect the joint drug treatment program. Unfortunately we couldn’t figure out how this particular substance got into my system Reggie Jackson Jersey ,” Wright told reporters at the team’s spring training complex. “At the end of the day, it falls on me to try to prevent that. And unfortunately somewhere it got into my body and I don’t know how. But it is what it is and I’ve just got to move on from it.“That’s what’s frustrating about it. I worked my butt off this offseason since getting the surgery. I feel like I’m in a good spot. From an offseason drug test, this comes up. I’ve been dealing with it.”Wright is ineligible to play in any postseason games this year and will lose about half his salary of $1,375,000. Last year’s suspension cost him $94,624 of his $1.1 million salary.“Obviously disappointed,” Cora said. “It’s something that we didn’t expect. We’ll adjust.”The only other player to test positive for growth hormone under the big league program was Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Josh Ravin in 2016. Four players have tested positive for growth hormone under the minor league program since 2015. Sometimes, MLB players get paid for what they might do. Other times, they get paid for what they once did. The latter category is filled with aging has-beens toting albatross contracts.Gazing ahead to the upcoming campaign, let's examine a half-dozen guys (and another six dishonorable mentions) who are slated to make $20 million or more but will be virtually useless in 2019.By that, we mean they'll either miss significant time to injury or are projected to offer below replacement-level production. There's subjectivity involved, obviously, alongside dollars-and-cents considerations.However you parse it, to varying degrees, they've got payroll drag written all over them.Dishonorable Mentions1 of 7Carlos Osorio/Associated PressWe're not willing to dismiss the following players because of their pedigree and past production, plus the possibility that an unexpected renaissance will make them more than worthless. Still...ouch.Miguel Cabrera, 1B, Detroit Tigers2019 salary: $30 millionMiguel Cabrera is a future Hall of Famer entering his age-36 season. He was limited by injury to 38 games in 2018 and will earn $30 million or more every season until at least 2023.We're not quite willing to bet against a final offensive surge, but the optics and financial realities aren't great, to say the least.Yu Darvish http://www.athleticsfanproshop.com/authentic-khris-davis-jersey , RHP, Chicago Cubs 2019 salary: $20 millionLast winter, Yu Darvish signed a six-year, $126 million contract with the Chicago Cubs and posted a 4.95 ERA in 40 innings before succumbing to elbow and triceps injuries.That said, the four-time All-Star isreportedlyfeeling good this spring. A rebound can't be discounted.Josh Donaldson, 3B, Atlanta Braves2019 Salary: $23 millionThe up-and-coming Atlanta Braves bet big on Josh Donaldson when they handed him a one-year, $23 million show-me contract.The 2015 American League MVP is coming off a pair of injury-marred, down seasons with the Toronto Blue Jays and is 33 years old. There's hope...but not a ton. Shin-Soo Choo, DH/OF,Texas Rangers2019 salary: $21 millionShin-Soo Choo enjoyed a modest comeback with the Texas Rangers in 2018, as he posted an .810 OPS in 146 games.He's also 36 years old with limited utility beyond a designated hitter and will be a drain on the retooling/rebuilding Texas Rangers' budget.Felix Hernandez, RHP, Seattle Mariners2019 salary: $27.9 millionA 5.55 ERA in 155.2 innings in 2018 seemed to permanently rename Felix Hernandez the artist formerly known as King.He'll turn 33 in April and is far removed from the glory days that won him an AL Cy Young Award in 2010. But...we're waiting one more season before we officially stick a fork in the Pacific Northwest's royal highness. Albert Pujols, 1B, Los Angeles Angels2019 salary: $28 millionLike Miguel Cabrera, Pujols should have a bust in Cooperstown when the time comes. Also like Cabrera, he's on a steep downslide.The .245/.289/.411 slash line he posted in 2018 shouldn't get better in his age-39 season. On the other hand, he's Albert Pujols.Jordan Zimmermann, RHP Glenn Hubbard Jersey , Detroit Tigers2 of 7Duane Burleson/Getty Images2019 salary: $25 millionSay what you will about the positive narratives surrounding Jordan Zimmermann this spring. Believe them if it tickles your fancy.The fact is, he's entering his age-33 season and posted a 6.08 ERA in 2017 followed by a 4.52 (and worse 4.88 FIP) in 2018.Maybe Zimmermann will rediscover the form befitting a No. 4 or No. 5 starter next season. Or, more likely, he'll continue his vertigo-inducing fall.No matter what, there's next to zero chance he'll earn the money the rebuilding Detroit Tigers will deposit in his bank account in 2019.Carlos Santana, 1B, Cleveland Indians3 of 7Rob Tringali/Getty Images2019 salary: $20.3 millionLast season, Carlos Santana hit .229 for the Philadelphia Phillies while posting a nondescript zero defensive runs saved at first base.The Phils sent him to the Cleveland Indians in a three-team trade that also featured the Seattle Mariners. Maybe Santana can flip the script in the city where he played his first eight big league seasons.On the other hand, he'll turn 33 in April and鈥攃onsidering his nearly nonexistent defensive value鈥攈e looks like the classic overpaid, high-on-base-percentage slugger who is forgetting how to slug.That's an especially ugly look for a Cleveland franchise that's trying to contend but always pinching pennies.Jacoby Ellsbury, OF, New York Yankees4 of 7Bill Kostroun/Associated Press2019 salary: $21.1 millionJacoby Ellsbury missed all of 2018 with oblique and hip injuries and hasn't posted an OPS north of .781 since 2011.Unless the New York Yankees are prepared to swallow the vast majority of the more than $21 million he's owed in 2019, he'll be a richly paid fourth or fifth outfielder...provided he plays at all.The 35-year-old is dealing with plantar fasciitis and won't arrive at Yankees camp until mid-March at the soonest, per general manager Brian Cashman (via NorthJersey.com's Pete Caldera).Ellsbury is blocked on the depth chart by Aaron Judge, Aaron Hicks, Brett Gardner and Clint Frazier, among others. Most likely, he'll be an afterthought in the Bronx if he isn't released outright.Yoenis Cespedes, OF, New York Mets5 of 7Elsa/Getty Images2019 salary: $29 millionYoenis Cespedes played in 38 games last season before multiple heel surgeries put him on the shelf for the New York Mets.The 33-year-old said he hopes to play in 2019."When I do return Rickey Henderson Jersey , I plan on being 100 percent, like I was in 2015," he told reporters.That would be the year Cespedes hit .287 with a .942 OPS for the Mets after a summer trade from the Detroit Tigers and New York marched to a National League pennant.Given his age and recent medical history, the safe money (read: sunk cost) is on Cespedes being an overcompensated spectator.Johnny Cueto, RHP, San Francisco Giants6 of 7Jason O. Watson/Getty Images2019 salary: $21 millionThe San Francisco Giants are caught between a rebuild and a retool. In the meantime, new president of baseball operations Farhan Zaidi must juggle an array of troublesome contracts, including Johnny Cueto's.Cueto is owed $21 million in 2019 as he recovers from Tommy John surgery. There's a chance he'll come back by late summer, but that's a best-case-scenario prognostication.In all likelihood, the 33-year-old Cueto will be a handsomely compensated cheerleader on a mediocre Giants squad and hope to return some value on the $42 million he's owed between 2020 and 2021 with a $5 million 2022 buyout.Even that is less than certain, however, considering Cueto's numbers were trending downward before the surgery. He posted a 4.50 FIP in 2017 and 4.71 FIP in 2018 and hasn't thrown 200 innings since 2016.Chris Davis, 1B, Baltimore Orioles7 of 7Gail Burton/Associated Press2019 salary: $21.1 millionChris Davis hit .168 with a .243 on-base percentage and .296 slugging percentage in 2018.Those would be embarrassing numbers for a backup middle infielder. For a once-dynamic slugger on a massive contract? We reached for the thesaurus but couldn't find a fitting adjective.Davis will earn $21.1 million in 2019. He has an average annual salary of $23 million through 2022. Keep in mind that's for an Orioles team that's lurching into an overdue rebuild in a top-heavy division.Davis will turn 33 on March 17. Soon, the O's will probably cut him cartoonish checks to stay home and not play baseball.As we said before...ouch. All statistics courtesy of Baseball Reference and FanGraphs; all contract information courtesy of Spotrac.