Say it ain't so, Gio!

Uh oh. Via the Miami NewTimes, Gio Gonzalez has been linked (along with Alex Rodriguez and Nelson Cruz) to a PED doctor in Miami:

There's also the curious case of Gio Gonzalez, the 27-year-old, Hialeah-native, left-handed hurler who won 21 games last year for the Washington Nationals. Gonzalez's name appears five times in Bosch's notebooks, including a specific note in the 2012 book reading, "Order 1.c.1 with Zinc/MIC/... and Aminorip. For Gio and charge $1,000." (Aminorip is a muscle-building protein.)

Gonzalez's father, Max, also appears on Bosch's client lists and is often listed in conjunction with the pitcher. But reached by phone, the Hialeah resident insists his son has had no contact with Bosch.

We'll go with: Innocent until proven guilty. But say it ain't so, Gio!

Here's Gio's statement, issued on Twitter on Tuesday:

"I've never used performance enhancing drugs of any kind and I never will ,I've never met or spoken with tony Bosch or used any substance Provided by him.anything said to the contrary is a lie."

(Photo via @GioGonzalez47)

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Comments

[Steve M.]

None of the MIC or AminoRip supplements are banned from what I can tell.

MIC is a dietary weight loss supplement and AminoRip is an over the counter non-anabolic protein supplement.

[adam]

So why does he need to get it from that doc in Miami and not team docs?

[Jess]

Nothing about Gio's build makes me think "juicer". The guy is simply not that big of a guy.