Major League Baseball has announced the first permanent suspension of an active player in 100 years.
On Friday, the MLB Office of the Commissioner announced the highest level of discipline, the permanent suspension of San Diego Padres infielder Tucupita Marcano.
In March, the league received a tip from a legal betting site that active players in the major and minor leagues were engaging in baseball-related betting activities, and with the cooperation of the site, the league launched an investigation that led to the arrests.
Marcano’s gambling history is shocking. 토토사이트 The Venezuelan native debuted with the San Diego Padres in 2021 before being traded to the Pittsburgh Pirates in 2021. He only played 25 games in San Diego, but was given more opportunities in Pittsburgh. In 124 games over two years, he batted .262 (80-for-362) with five home runs, 31 RBIs, seven doubles, and a .602 OPS. Then, last November, he was claimed off waivers by the San Diego Padres, his debut team.
It was during his time in Pittsburgh that Marcano’s baseball gambling became intense.
From 2022 to 2023, he placed 231 Major League Baseball-related bets and 387 baseball-related bets, according to the commissioner’s investigation. Of those bets, 25 were on Pittsburgh games, where he was a member of the team. Marcano gambled away more than $150,000 (about $26 million). Major League Baseball-related bets amounted to $87,319 (about $120,000).
However, 사설 토토사이트 Marcano’s bets on the Pittsburgh club were placed after he suffered a season-ending knee injury last year and was placed on the disabled list, so he was not in a position to manipulate the outcome. Nevertheless, the organization applied a zero-tolerance policy and made no exceptions. This is the first time an active player has been permanently suspended for gambling since Jimmy O’Connell of the New York Giants in 1924.
O’Connell was banned for life for paying a $500 bribe to Philadelphia shortstop Heaney Sands to intentionally lose a game.
Major League Baseball’s gambling sanctions policy states that “any player, umpire club or league official or employee who places a wager on a game in which he or she is involved will be subject to permanent suspension. A player, umpire, club or league official or employee who places a wager on a game in which he or she is not involved will be subject to a one-year suspension.
Major League Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred said, “Strict enforcement of our rules against gambling behavior is an important component of protecting the integrity of baseball for our fans, which is our highest priority. 안전놀이터 “The long-standing prohibition against betting on Major League Baseball games by those involved in the game has been a fundamental principle for more than a century,” he said, emphasizing the importance of discipline.
In addition to Marcano, the organization also announced the discipline of four other active players who were involved in gambling. Michael Kelly (Oakland), Jay Groom (San Diego), Jose Rodriguez (Philadelphia), and Andrew Saulfrank (Arizona) were each suspended for one year for gambling on games of teams other than their own.