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can you consistently use steroids, work out, and not look abnormally large? eg, could arod or jeter have used

Could baseball players with "normal" looking bodies (eg, Derek Jeter, Alex Rodriguez) in the age of steroid testing (after 2005) use steroids and not look abnormally large (Barry Bonds, Mark McGwire)? We've seen others shrink (Pudge, Trot Nixon, Sammy Sosa) after testing came into effect, so this must be their normal body sizes. But Jeter and Arod among others have not noticeably gotten smaller. If you worked out with steroids but focused on strength AND flexibility without weight gain, could you do it? Just trying to figure out if the entire steroids era should be ignored statistically. Thanks.

You have to understand that every guy you named has been a slugger since Little League...McGwire and Bonds were jacking out homeruns when they were skinny rookies. Keep in mind, the main reason baseball players used steroids is not for increased power but for the increase in recovery from injuries so they can play more games. Look at the list of guys you put up there who have "used": Bonds, McGwire and Sosa were all home run hitters but were getting older and had more nagging injuries. Why do you think Barry can barely jog to first base these days now that he's not on the juice? Pudge is a catcher, the most physically taxing position in baseball so his use for recovery purposes is understandable.
ARod and Jeter are still reasonably young so they can absorb the punishment. Let's see how they do in 5 or 6 years. Interestingly, how do you think Griffey Jr's homerun total would have been affected if he juiced? The guy was always injured and steroids may have gotten him back on the field quicker.

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