Colon has collected about $3.4 million over the last two seasons that he would not have gotten paid if he did not undergo some novel treatment of his worn out arm, and while HGH is believed to have the effect of aiding that treatment, the performing surgeon claims he deliberately chose to not use it. This may be like McGwire using PEDs to help strengthen his ailing back, but they inadvertently strengthened the rest of him at the same time.