What Happens If Major League Baseball Pitchers Are Caught Using A Foreign Substance?

On April 24, 2014 Then New York pitcher Michael Pineda who now pitches for Minnesota was suspended for ten games by Major League Baseball for possessing a foreign substance during his start verses Boston in Boston Massachusetts.

Michael Pineda was ejected  by home-plate umpire Gerry Davis in the second inning of New York's 5-1 loss, after Red Sox manager John Farrell asked Davis to inspect a suspicious brown substance on the right side of Pineda's neck.

Pineda later admitted that he had applied pine tar to his neck after allowing two runs in the bottom of the first inning, saying that he was having difficulty controlling his pitches and that he did not want to hit any batters on a cold evening.

Michael Pineda had this to say about his mistake!

"I tried to put it on my neck, just a little bit," Pineda said. "I made a mistake again and put in too much, and everybody sees it. It's my mistake, you know? I feel so sad and I feel bad for that."

“according to an article by Bryan Hoch on mlb.com”

Yesterday in Major League Baseball a consequence went into affect.

What kind of consequence?

Pitchers will be ejected as well as suspended for using illegal foreign substances to doctor baseballs.

“according to an article by Alden Gonzalez , Jesse Rogers on espn.com”