2 Rays minor league players suspended for testing positive

New York - A pair of Tampa Bay Rays prospects in the Venezuelan Summer League have been suspended under baseball's minor league drug program after testing positive for metabolites of nandrolone.

Outfielder Franklin Alcala and pitcher Carlos Orasma will each serve 50-game bans, Major League Baseball said Friday.

Alcala, 18, is batting .086 with 19 strikeouts in 35 at-bats. Orasma does not have any statistics listed.

Nineteen players have been suspended this year under the minor league program in addition to four under the major league program: Los Angeles Dodgers outfielder Manny Ramirez, Philadelphia reliever J.C. Romero, Yankees pitcher Sergio Mitre and San Francisco pitcher Kelvin Pichardo.