Jorge Moises Piedra (born April 17, 1979) is a former

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. On April 11, , Piedra became the second baseball player after Alex Sanchez to be suspended for testing positive for illegal performance-enhancing drugs under

's new drug policy. He was suspended for 10 days without pay as MLB's policy dictated for a first offense until November 2005. First offenses since that time now result in 80-game suspensions. He signed a minor league contract with the

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on June 12, . On January 4, , Piedra signed a minor league contract with the

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with an invitation to

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. He was released on March 9, 2008.

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