MLB to grill Troy Glaus about steroids: report

Toronto Blue Jays third baseman Troy Glaus reportedly will meet with baseball officials within the next week regarding recent steroid allegations.

The New York Daily News reported Thursday that Glaus and Baltimore Orioles outfielder Jay Gibbons have been summoned to speak about their respective roles in the Signature Pharmacy scandal.

The newspaper reported that St. Louis Cardinals outfielder Rick Ankiel met Tuesday with officials to discuss accusations that Signature supplied him with human growth hormone (HGH) in 2004, a year before it was banned by Major League Baseball.

Glaus, 31, was fingered in an SI.com report alleging that shipments of nandrolone, an anabolic steroid, and testosterone were sent to his California address by the Orlando-based pharmacy, currently under investigation for illegal distribution, between September 2003 and May 2004 — when he played for the Anaheim Angels and was trying to recover from shoulder problems.

Prescriptions written for Glaus and sent through Signature were obtained through New Hope Health Center, a California clinic, according to SI.com.

If Glaus admits to possessing or using steroids, he faces a 50-game suspension because MLB's drug policy was in effect at the time.

Glaus has yet to comment publicly on the allegation, opting to speak privately with Blue Jays general manager J.P. Ricciardi.

"I felt like what he told me is fine," Ricciardi said. "It is not my place to pass judgment.

"We just wanted to let him know that we're here for him and we support him. He is a Blue Jay, and we're not going to turn our back on him because of allegations."

Signature raid

Signature Pharmacy was raided seven months ago by federal authorities, but MLB officials have yet to see the company's client lists.

Albany District Attorney David Soares possesses the lists, but has been reluctant to co-operate with baseball officials, even though he is working with the National Football League to pinpoint Signature clients in pro football.

"We're not sure what [the NFL's] doing that we aren't, but we would like to find out," a baseball source told the Daily News.

Rob Manfred, baseball's executive vice-president of labour relations, is planning to meet with Soares to negotiate disclosure of the lists.