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Jesus Montero has been linked to the South Florida anti-aging clinic that is under investigation by the MLB for allegedly supplying banned substances to players. (AP)

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Mariners catcher Jesus Montero claims he has "no idea" why he's been linked to the South Florida anti-aging clinic that is under investigation by the MLB for purportedly supplying performance-enhancing drugs to players.

According to a report from the New York Daily News, Montero's name is in the records of Biogenesis of America LLC, the now-closed clinic run out of Coral Gables, Fla. by Anthony Bosch. The report makes no mention of Montero obtaining or using PEDs, nor does it include any information about when Montero might have been involved with the clinic.

Montero denies any involvement with Biogenesis or Bosch, telling Geoff Baker of The Seattle Times Wednesday morning that he doesn't know how his name could have ended up in the clinic's records. Montero said he had never heard of Bosch until Wednesday.

"I have no clue what happened," Montero told Baker. "I feel like I'm caught in the middle of something and I don't know why."

The New York Daily News report comes more than a week after the Miami New Times, citing records obtained from a former Biogenesis employee, reported that the clinic provided PEDs to several prominent baseball players and other professional athletes. Montero was not mentioned in that report.

Baker told 710 ESPN Seattle Wednesday that before the report was published the Miami New Times notified the Mariners and other teams of players whose names were found in the clinic's records. That might explain why, according to Baker, Montero seemed prepared when the two spoke Wednesday for about 10 minutes at the team's spring training complex in Peoria, Ariz.

"He seemed very composed, he seemed as relaxed as you could be under the circumstances, and he answered every question that I asked him," Baker said. "And I asked him a lot of questions about how his name – and why he thought his name – would end up on a list of a clinic in South Florida when he played for the New York Yankees and the Seattle Mariners [and] he's never lived in Florida, and all those kinds of questions.

"He kept saying he doesn't know, he has no idea. I asked him if he'd ever ordered supplements through a teammate or gotten recommendations from his agents about where to go for supplements or from a third party about where to go for supplements, and he kept saying no to every question."

Montero is represented by ACES, a Brooklyn-based sports agency that represents other players who have been linked to Biogenesis and Bosch in recent reports. The agency's owners, Seth and Sam Levinson, released a statement Wednesday denying that anyone at their agency had any knowledge of or involvement with Bosch or Biogenesis until his name surfaced in reports recently.

The Mariners released a statement Wednesday saying the club has been in contact with the MLB regarding the report.

"The Seattle Mariners strongly support Major League Baseball's Joint Drug Prevention and Treatment Program, and are disappointed any time we hear of any players potentially involved with banned substances," the statement reads, in part.

The Mariners' statement said the club will decline further comment until the league's investigation is complete

ACES has been under investigation since last summer when one of its client, outfielder Melky Cabrera, was suspended 50 games after testing positive for elevated levels of testosterone.

According to the Miami New Times report, some of the agency's clients bought banned substances from Biogenesis. Those players include Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez, Nationals pitcher Gio Gonzalez and Rangers outfielder Nelson Cruz. Those three have separately denied the allegations.

Montero, 23, hit .260 with 15 home runs and 62 RBIs as a rookie last season. The Mariners are expecting Montero to be their full-time catcher this season.

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  • sambra27 wrote...
    Is there a timeline?
    February 6, 2013 8:22 am
    Any information on when Montero may have had ties to Biogenesis, or when ANY of these players had ties? I have to think that any tie he had to this organization had to be when he was injured while playing in the Yankees farm system and not when he was playing for the Mariners.
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  • sambra27 wrote...
    Wow, sorry Brady.
    February 6, 2013 8:43 am
    When I read your article I could have sworn I didn't see any mention of "when", but you do say there is no indication of when Montero might have been involved. My mistake for missing that.
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  • bhenderson wrote...
    sambra27
    February 6, 2013 8:53 am
    No apology necessary. I'm adding to the story, so it's possible it wasn't there when you first read it.
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  • Jamie from Victoria wrote...
    Montero on P.E.Ds ?
    February 6, 2013 8:50 am
    The mind boggles at the thought of Montero on P.E.D.s. Given that at present, Montero runs with all the grace of a three toed sloth, just how monumentally slow and awkward would he be without possible chemical assistance ? The Mariners are going to need Mike Zunino stat !
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  • shane5150 wrote...
    Oh, Jesus!
    February 6, 2013 8:58 am
    Maybe Mike Morse can teach him how to be a little more discreet...
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  • messiah101 wrote...
    shane
    February 6, 2013 10:24 am
    I wonder if Morse will also pop up in this investigation?
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  • Matt Lattanzi wrote...
    just another...
    February 6, 2013 9:01 am
    brain dead Latin American player who swings at slop and will do something dumb to try to get ahead.
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  • messiah101 wrote...
    Matt
    February 6, 2013 10:26 am
    You calling them dumb while they cash up to $26,000,000 in annual pay checks is pretty funny. Remember Chicks dig the LONG BALL
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  • sambra27 wrote...
    I hope...
    February 6, 2013 9:44 am

    That some of you more simple-minded people are never the deciding member of a jury. Open up that New-York times article and look at how vague and potentially misleading it is. The headline of the article serves the purpose of immediately implying that Jesus Montero is guilty, by saying Montero is "...linked to Anthony Bosch AND PED's".

    Here are the problems:

    1) There is no mention in the NYT article of how, when, and in what capacity Montero is linked to Bosch.

    2) The article automatically implies that Montero is linked to PED's, yet we do not know if all the products offered by Biogenesis contain substanced banned by the MLB/NFL etc...

    3) How to we know that the Levinson Bro's didn't order products on behalf of some of the players?

    4) How to we know that Montero even took anything if he received it?

    5) Remember that unless Montero actually tested positive for something, there is no proof that he ingested, inhaled, or injected any "performance enhancing" supplement. If you cannot prove it, there cannot be a suspension for any of the players mentioned in the article. If he bought something, he could have done so for his family, or for his friends. We. Do. Not. Know.

    If people want to make a stink about something, talk about why the MLB suspends players 50 games for smoking weed (Jonathan Singleton) but will only give players a minimal suspension/fine/slap on the wrist for drunk driving? Both are illegal (weed in most states is), aren't they? And I don't think weed is a performace enhancer...

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  • messiah101 wrote...
    Does MLB drug test
    February 6, 2013 10:28 am
    The Owners?Or any front office workers?
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  • dragonmeteor wrote...
    messiah101
    February 7, 2013 1:19 pm
    I think they need to test you to see if you have an actual brain or just a walnut on a stick in your head
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  • Fuego wrote...
    It's time to change the name of..
    February 6, 2013 10:40 am
    Major League Baseball to Mayor League Wrestling. It has gone from being a sport, to a business and now a juiced up charade.
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  • ToddW wrote...
    Hey Fuego....
    February 6, 2013 2:16 pm
    I suppose you don't like the NFL or NBA? Of the three major professional sports leagues in the US, the percentage of players doping in MLB pales in comparison. Baseball has the most strict system of the three. They are all corrupt. Do you really think all of those NFL players are doing it naturally?
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  • Fuego wrote...
    Try reading..
    February 6, 2013 2:35 pm
    the article again; it's about MLB. A league that has been a joke when it comes to players getting juice all the while doing it's best to draw families to the parks. Everyone thought Canseco was a blabbering idiot when he made all those claims about players and yet everything he said is true. MLB has an image problem and it's only getting worse.
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  • Idocalex wrote...
    It would be nice...
    February 6, 2013 11:13 am
    ...to have a quality catcher, someone like that Jaso guy we traded, just in case there is a suspension.
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  • C"mon Man wrote...
    Vanilla Mariners
    February 6, 2013 2:46 pm
    Profit sharing in the MLB keeps the bilge pump running on the sinking M's season. At least they paid back their bonds before Lou split and we returned to a pretender staus.
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Geoff Baker of The Seattle Times tells 710 ESPN Seattle about his interview with Jesus Montero regarding the report that links the Mariners' catcher to Biogenesis.
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