Yankees catcher Francisco Cervilli, who was suspended 50 games for his role in the Biogenesis scandal, has come clean over his performance-enhancing drug use.
Cervelli told Newsday he visited the clinic in 2011 for a “quick fix” to recover from a broken left foot suffered in March of that year.
“I felt so many times in my career a little scared I’m going to lose my job,” Cervelli told the paper. “Every year I have to go to spring training and fight for a job.”
Cervelli said he apologized privately to Yankees manager Joe Girardi — whom he called a “gentleman” — shortly after the suspension was announced in August. Cervelli also said he wanted to accept the punishment without protest, unlike teammate Alex Rodriguez, who is appealing a 211-game ban.
“I talked to my agents, my lawyers and that’s what I said,” Cervelli said. “Let’s stand up and that’s it. I don’t want to keep this soap opera going.”