Tucupita Marcano faces a lifetime Major League Baseball ban for gambling on his team:

Marcano, 24, has yet to be formally penalized, but MLB Rule 21 explicitly states that a player who bets on games involving his own team is subject to a lifetime ban. Marcano tore an ACL last year and was on the injured list when he allegedly placed the bets, which were flagged by a sportsbook and reported to the league, according to sources.

The potential ban of Marcano comes in the wake of the NBA handing down a lifetime penalty to Toronto Raptors forward Jontay Porter for disclosing confidential information to bettors, limiting his participation in at least one game and betting on NBA games while playing in the G League.

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He played for the Pirates last season and is currently in the Padres system, but hasn’t played in 2024.

Note that he is not a very good player, with a .217/.269/.320 slash line, although he did produce high OBPs in the minor leagues. He might have thought he could make more money betting on baseball than playing it.

No involved in the investigation has made a comment.