Pedro Martinez included his individual acquire to the Fernando Tatis Jr. unsuccessful drug examination subject on Tuesday.

The San Diego Padres star was suspended for 80 game titles following testing positive for the banned compound Clostebol. Tatis was on the harm checklist at the time and operating his way back again from a broken wrist which was probable experienced in a bike crash over the wintertime in the Dominican Republic.

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Starting up pitcher Pedro Martinez, #45 of the Boston Pink Sox, throws a pitch against the St. Louis Cardinals for the duration of the first inning of activity a few of the Globe Collection on Oct 26, 2004 at Busch Stadium in St. Louis. (Al Bello/Getty Images)

Martinez extra his identify to the listing of gamers defending the youthful infielder and positioned the blame on the Padres while chatting about the suspension on TBS.

"Considering that he received harm, San Diego has been on leading of him, and this is where by I have to give him a go, due to the fact San Diego should have regarded what this kid is placing in his body–whether it was [for] ringworm, regardless of whether it was flu, or what ever he put in his body–he is nevertheless important to the business," the Baseball Hall of Famer explained. "The Padres want to know just what he puts on 24/7."

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Tatis Jr. said he "inadvertently" took medicine to handle ringworm that contained Clostebol.

Corridor of Famer Pedro Martinez is introduced all through the Baseball Corridor of Fame induction ceremony at Clark Athletics Center on September 08, 2021 in Cooperstown, New York. (Jim McIsaac/Getty Photographs)

"I need to have made use of the means available to me in purchase to make sure that no banned substances ended up in what I took. I failed to do so," he claimed.

He added he was "completely devastated."

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Fernando Tatis Jr., #23 of the San Diego Padres, talks with Josh Bell, #24, throughout a baseball match versus the Colorado Rockies August 4, 2022 at Petco Park in San Diego.  (Photo by Denis Poroy/Getty Pictures)

He signed a 13-calendar year, $340 million extension before the 2021 period, which was the third greatest at the time. He experienced not performed this time after breaking his wrist in an clear motorcycle crash in the Dominican Republic.

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