Ryan Braun, Alex Rodriguez, “along with as many as 20 players” will be suspended after the All-Star break for violating the league’s performance-enhancing drug (PED) policy.

These suspensions will be groundbreaking in MLB’s fight against PEDs. If they hold up under appeal, these penalties could prove to be the biggest deterrent yet against cheating. Thanks to the cooperation of Tony Bosch, the founder of the Biogenesis anti-aging clinic, and others, MLB has found a way to punish players for using PEDs without any positive drug tests.

In the past, all players had to worry about was beating the drug tests. Now, if players want to cheat, they have to worry about whether they can trust the people supplying them with the drugs.