On Tuesday, May 15, the Major League Baseball (MLB) announced that Mariners second baseman, Robinson Cano will be serving an 80-game suspension for doping. This will not only ruin the Mariner’s chances of a possible playoff spot, but also Cano’s chance at making the Hall of Fame.

Cano was batting a .287 with an impressive four home runs and 23 runs batted in through 39 games this season. Cano who is in his 14th year in the big league had some amazing feats over the years. He has been named an all-star eight times, received five silver slugger awards, and won a World Series with the New York Yankees in 2009. With Cano’s lifetime batting average of .304 and 305 career home runs, he was looking like a potential first ballot Hall of Famer. A performance-enhancing drug (PED) scandal was the only thing that could hold him back from that honor, and on May 15 at approximately 1:00 p.m. ET, the MLB issued a statement that would put a huge dent to his hall of fame campaign. Cano tested positive for a banned substance called furosemide, a diuretic better known as Lasix, which is often used to help mask banned substances in urine tests. He later said that a licensed doctor in the Dominican Republic gave him the substance to treat a medical ailment. He also stated, “While I did not realize at the time that I was given a medication that was banned, I obviously now wish that I had been more careful. For more than 15 years, playing professional baseball has been the greatest honor and privilege of my life. I would never do anything to cheat the rules of the game that I love.”

Unfortunately for Cano, other players who had even better numbers than him and took PEDs have not fared well on Hall of Fame ballots. Among these are players like Roger Clemens, Barry Bonds, Manny Ramirez, Mark McGwire, and Alex Rodriguez. These players have taken some kind of PED or human growth hormone in the past, and despite having qualified numbers for their names in Cooperstown, none of them have made it or will likely ever make it. Not only will the ban cost Cano his season until he is eligible to play again on Aug. 14, but he will have to forfeit $12 million from his salary this season as well.

Cano looked like he might be a lock for the Hall of Fame already before the disappointing news on Tuesday. What’s even worse it that he most likely wouldn’t need to play another game to qualify for Cooperstown. His wins above replacement (WAR) is 11th of all time. Eight out of the ten players in front of him have been inducted and his WAR is higher than a couple of players who have been inducted as well. He is likely just three to four seasons away from two huge milestones. He needed 73 home runs to pass Jeff Kent on the all time list for home runs by a second baseman, and needed just 583 hits to reach the 3,000 club.

With the news of Cano taking a banned substance, there is a good chance that it will ruin his legacy and prevent him from making the Hall of Fame. There is still a chance that he could make it, but it is definitely a substantial tarnish to his career. Nonetheless, Cano is likely to meet some huge milestones in the future, but the PED conflict will not help his chances at the MLB’s biggest honor.