NEW YORK—San Diego Padres infielder Tucupita Marcano was banned from baseball for life for betting on the sport, and four other players were suspended for one year by Major League Baseball on Tuesday in the game’s biggest gambling scandal in decades.
Major League Baseball said Marcano placed 387 baseball bets totaling more than $150,000 in October 2022 and from last July through November with a legal sportsbook. He became the first active player in a century banned for life because of gambling.
