Clinic owner tied to MLB steroids scandal to be sentenced

MIAMI, Fla. - The former South Florida clinic owner accused of selling performance-enhancing drugs to the New York Yankees' Alex Rodriguez is scheduled to be sentenced Tuesday after pleading guilty in what prosecutors called a wide-ranging conspiracy to distribute steroids to both major league ballplayers and high school athletes.

Anthony Bosch, the former Biogenesis of America owner, faces up to 10 years in prison.

CBS Miami reports he is expected to ask a judge for leniency based on his cooperation with the government and Major League Baseball in connection with the case.

The station obtained a copy of a letter an attorney for MLB sent to U.S. District Attorney Wilfredo Ferrer, saying in part:

"MLB vigorously maintains that Anthony Bosch has not only provided invaluable assistance to it in enabling the successful suspensions of fourteen players, but also has assisted in sending an important message to the millions of young athletes who emulate their heroes and therefore feel pressure to use peds [performance enhancing drugs] in pursuit of their athletic dreams."

Bosch pleaded guilty in October 2014 to distributing PEDs. That was after Bosch's bail was revoked for testing positive for cocaine twice.

Six other people who allegedly made up Bosch's supply and distribution network were also indicted in the doping scandal investigation.

Among the others charged were Alex Rodriguez's cousin Yuri Sucart; Carlos Javier Acevedo of Miami; Jorge Augustine Velazquez of Miami; Christopher Benjamin Engroba of Miami; Lazaro Daniel Collazo of Hialeah and Juan Carlos Nunez of Fort Lauderdale.