Ian Kahaloa, a prospect in the Cincinnati Reds farm system, was suspended Tuesday for 50 games after a second positive drug test, and about a month after a video surfaced that the Reds believe shows him doing drugs.
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The Cincinnati Enquirer reported the suspension.
The videos in question seem to be captured by a third party from Kahaloa's SnapChat account, and the videos were then posted on Twitter, The first shows what appears to be a line of cocaine ...
https://twitter.com/Reds_1fan/status/842993719527653376
... and the second contains what looks like a bong,
https://twitter.com/Reds_1fan/status/842988598634856449
Kahaloa's agent, Dave Matranga of PSI Sports, told the Enquirer he couldn't confirm whether the person in the video was in fact his client, but he did say Kahaloa is in a drug-treatment program. Jeff Graupe, the Reds player development director, said. ""To the best of our understanding, yes," that's Kahaloa in the video.
Kahaloa, a 19-year-old pitcher from Hawaii, has played three seasons in rookie ball.
