San Diego Padres infielder Tucupita Marcano has been banned for life by Major League Baseball for betting on baseball games.
As well as announcing Marcano’s punishment, the MLB also on Tuesday banned four other baseball players for a year apiece for violating betting rules. According to an MLB investigation, Marcano placed 387 baseball bets, including 231 MLB-related ones, over two periods in 2022 and 2023. He gambled more than $150,000 on baseball, with $87,319 of that on MLB-related bets.
The four other players were banned for one year for betting on baseball games while in the minor leagues. Those players are Oakland Athletics pitcher Michael Kelly, Padres minor league pitcher Jay Groome, Philadelphia Phillies minor league infielder José Rodríguez and Arizona Diamondbacks minor league pitcher Andrew Saalfrank. According to MLB rules, a player found guilty of betting on baseball games involving teams other than their own are subject to a one-year suspension.
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