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Originally Posted by THE(NEXT)LEVEL
So why aren't they allowed, why do players bother taking them, and why do they get suspended if the do? Please stop with the it doesn't help with hitting a baseball #@#@#@#@.
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The issue is less something like pure hand/eye coordination (which I suspect people who make the "But how does it help hit a baseball"??? lean towards) but PEDs help muscular growth/lessen recovery time in the gym so more bulk muscle can be added over a shorter time period without the same fatigue or gym time usually required. That's why you'd see these guys adding 10-15+ pounds of "muscle" over a single summer at the height of the PEDs era or being able to up their velocity by building more muscle. A player with say a swing speed of 72 MPH at 180 pounds is going to naturally hit a ball harder/farther if they swing at 72 MPH while now being 205 pounds with more muscle.
As an aside, it also just helps in recovery from injury so an older, aging ballplayer would be more likely to try and take PEDs/Steroids for recovery purposes and get the 'side benefits' of the above.