Anybody that knows me knows that I am a huge baseball fan. I always have been, since my dad accidentally dropped me when I was only a few months ago when the Cleveland Indians won the 1995 ALCS. (He always joked it knocked some sense into me.)

But there's a huge problem in baseball that needs to be solved: steroids.

That sentence shouldn't surprise anybody that even remotely follows the game. We had an entire era named after players who didn't stop shooting up while shriveling up their junk. In the years that followed the Steroids Era, there was the BALCO scandal, the Mitchell Report, the Biogenesis Clinic, even recently in the Al Jazeera report (the one that reported NFL legend Peyton Manning took HGH). Even though steroids are all over in every sport, baseball is the biggest culprit. I mean, hell, since January, 58 players in MLB or in the minor league affiliates have been caught and suspended, with the most recent being Marlon Byrd of the Cleveland Indians.

Over the last decade or so, there have been many more players that have been suspended for taking steroids. Big name players like Alex Rodriquez all the way down to minor leaguers that will never sniff the majors have all taken some form of them. So why do it if you might get caught and suspended?

Because the reward is bigger then the risk. Usually, anyway. Before there was mandatory PED (performance enhancing drug) testing, A-Rod got not one, but two $250 million contracts. Yeah, he may have lost a season's worth of money from that contract due to being suspended for the full 2014 season, but he still has made over $350 million. Was it worth it to him? Absolutely. Granted, not every player is in a situation like that, sometimes it allows minor league players to perform better and actually stick in the majors.

With that, I'm not saying I'm an advocate for players taking steroids, I'm exactly the opposite. You have people out there saying "Let them take the steroids, it'll make baseball more exciting!"If you want video game production, buy "MLB: The Show" and crank your players' power all the way up. Don't let players hurt their overall health as well as become bad role models for kids that eventually want to live the dream of being in the major leagues.

Even though the players are all at fault for this mess, I feel like there's an even bigger issue at hand, which is the way that baseball teams treat known steroid users. Marlon Byrd is the perfect example. With his 2nd failed PED test, he is now suspended for 162 games (or the course of one baseball season). Since his first failed test in 2012, he has made over $17 million. He was signed to a minor league deal with the Tribe this Spring that was to pay him a million dollars if he made the team. He did and hit five home runs, drove in 19 runs and had a .452 slugging percentage for a team that desperately needed outfield help. When his suspension was announced last week, Chris Antonetti (the president of the Cleveland Indians) said that he did not regret signing Byrd. That is what I take issue with. Teams (including my beloved Indians) are so willing to dole out second, third or fourth chances for players that have previously taken steroids, and it sets a bad precedent. The Indians were willing to take the chance on Byrd, knowing that this could happen, and they were happy with his production so far this season. That kind of thing tells players that it's OK to take drugs, because even if you get caught, you'll get numerous chances before you aren't allowed back in the majors (sorry, Jenrry Meija!)

Now, I get that there is a true difference if a player that might have accidentally taken a forbidden supplement that is hidden in a certain product, but if it's an anabolic steroid or something that you can only find and take when you search it out, then you need to get rid of that player, not sign them to a big deal a year or two after they get suspended.

So what can MLB do to get players to stop taking banned drugs?

They can make the suspension longer or indefinite, but that runs the risk of teams slipping drugs into an expensive veteran who isn't useful anymore and avoid paying them the rest of their contract (Ryan Howard, anybody?)

They can somehow make the testing stronger. There are still many users out there that just don't get caught. Maybe if more players get suspended, it'll send a lesson to the younger players.

Here's my idea:

I think that baseball should take every failed test on a case by case basis and do an investigation. There are times where there are tainted tests, so to speak, and actual mistakes made by players who took traces of a drug that doesn't actually help them perform but is still banned. So for example, if you get caught with something you are immediately suspended but are investigated. If the investigation determines that it was an actual accident or and was your first offense, then you can start playing either immediately or after a day or so. If you are found guilty of purposely putting these steroids into your body to heal quicker or for better performance, then you must give up your salary for the full year and can only sign one-year deals after that for the next three years.

Long story short, what is happening in baseball is wrong. Teams are basically rewarding players for bad behavior, and it needs to end. There needs to be a better balance of handing out discipline while allowing players to get a second chance, when they actually deserve it.