Major League Baseball infielder Tucupita Marcano has been banned for life for placing hundreds of bets on the sport – including on his own team’s games.
The 24-year-old was found to have placed 387 baseball bets, including 231 MLB-related bets from October 2022 to November 2023, while he was a Pittsburgh Pirates player.
Marcano, who has not played this season because of a knee injury, did not appear in any of the games concerned which came before he began a second spell with the San Diego Padres last November.
In total, MLB said Marcano bet more than US $150,000 on baseball, with over US $87,000 of that on MLB-related bets.
Marcano denies that any outcomes in the baseball games on which he placed bets were compromised, influenced or manipulated in any way.
Oakland Athletics pitcher Michael Kelly, who separately placed bets on nine MLB games, has been banned for one year.
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