42 year old Albert Pujols has 8 home runs this month as he finishes up on a remarkable career. As I understand it the MLB drug policy is to test each player in spring training and one random test for each player during the season. Could it be Pujols has already been tested during the season. Would MLB test him the last two months of his last season? Just saying.
I'm skeptical that a quick PED campaign for strength after the last round of testing could have resulted in an improvement that fast. OTOH, if there were anything, something like a pain relief steroid that aids in a recovery might be useful. I think that was supposed to be the value of the andro McGwire took. Honestly though, if concentrating on elevating the ball and studying pitchers approaches using video can improve the power performance of countless mediocre talents, I don't see why it wouldn't work for a great player if he isn't playing every day and has time to work on his approach. I mean, Boomstick had a great first half last year, too, and he's a shell of himself at this point.
