San Diego Padres infielder Tucupita Marcano has been banned for life for violating MLB's gambling policy, the league announced Tuesday.
Oakland Athletics reliever Michael Kelly and minor leaguers Jay Groome (Padres), José Rodríguez (Philadelphia Phillies), and Andrew Saalfrank (Arizona Diamondbacks) were also handed one-year suspensions for betting.
MLB discovered that Marcano placed 387 baseball bets, including 231 MLB-related wagers through a legal sportsbook between 2022-23. The 24-year-old also made 25 bets on the Pittsburgh Pirates while he was a member of the team last year. However, he never played in the games on which he bet after suffering a season-ending ACL injury in July 2023.