CBSSpor A person with knowledge of the situation confirms that Major League Baseball is investigating New York Yankees pitcher Ivan Nova and a former minor-league teammate for allegedly injecting each other with B-12 shots.
The person spoke to the Associated Press on condition of anonymity because MLB is not discussing the matter publicly.
The first reported the investigation Saturday, saying that baseball was looking into whether Nova and pitcher Wilkin De La Rosa injected each other last season while they were teammates with Double-A Trenton.
B-12 is not on baseballs list of banned substances, but the Post said MLB is focused on the issue of whether the players injected each other and wants to make certain the shots were in fact B-12.
The person who spoke to the AP confirmed those details.
Nova is scheduled to start Sunday for the Yankees against the Chicago White Sox.
“We talked to him about it. We are unaware of any investigation at this time,” New York manager Joe Girardi said Saturday. “We talked to him yesterday just to say you might be asked about it. I feel like his head will be in the right spot.”
The 23-year-old Nova was called up from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre last weekend and pitched well in his first major-league start Monday at Toronto.
Asked on Saturday about the investigation, Nova said: “I have no comment on that.”
De La Rosa is still at Double-A Trenton, where he has been used primarily as a reliever this year.
