Major League Baseball has banned San Diego Padres infielder Tucupita Marcano for life for betting on baseball, while also announcing four other players are receiving one-year suspensions for violating the league’s gambling policy.
Jared Diamond and Lindsey Adler of The Wall Street Journal first reported Monday that Marcando was facing a potential lifetime ban for betting on baseball as a member of the Pittsburgh Pirates. MLB made the news official on Tuesday morning.
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- Tucupita Marcano stats: .217/.269/.320, .589 OPS, 88 career hits, 5 home runs in 406 at-bats
Marcano, age 24, spent the majority of the 2023 MLB season with the Pirates. He played in 75 games, contributing just a .233/276/.356 slash line with a .653 OPS. After suffering an ACL tear in August, he was claimed off waivers by the PadreOn Tuesday, MLB announced that Marcano was receiving a lifetime ban following an investigation that was launched following information provided to league officials in March about players involved in gambling.
