Gomez demands MLB transparency after inordinate number of drug tests

There might not be a player in Major League Baseball that has endured more "random" drug tests this season than Carlos Gomez.

The Tampa Bay Rays outfielder said he has been tested six or seven times already this season and believes there's nothing random about it. While Gomez has no issues with the testing, he would appreciate a little more transparency from the league.

"It's not random. They pick names. Tell the truth. Tell the truth to the baseball world,'' Gomez said, per Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times. "You're going to tell me this is random? It's not 1930 anymore. People know. You can come any time; I'm available to do a drug test. But don't tell people it's random. That's the only complaint that I have."

Gomez has been in the majors for 12 seasons and has never been suspended for performance-enhancing drugs. He said he'll continue to fully comply with any test the league throws at him.

"I'm not upset," he said. "I just want the right answer. Why can't they tell us this is not random. Why is that complicated? I'm going to continue to say this is not random until they show us (differently).''

There have already been two high-profile suspensions this season. Seattle Mariners second baseman Robinson Cano was issued an 80-game ban May 15 for a positive test of Furosemide. Nine days later Chicago White Sox catcher Welington Castillo was nailed for testing positive for Erythropoietin and also suspended for 80 games.