Bro, Tucupita Marcano just exited the MLB in the most embarrassing way possible.
Spent all that money, got himself banned for life, only to lose over 95% of his 231 MLB bets!
This man might be the worst sports bettor in the history of sports betting!
Here's what happened:
San Diego Padres infielder Tucupita Marcano has been permanently banned from Major League Baseball after violating the league's gambling policy, MLB announced on Tuesday. Marcano's ban was accompanied by one-year suspensions for four other players: Oakland Athletics reliever Michael Kelly and minor-league players Jay Groome (Padres pitcher), José Rodríguez (Philadelphia Phillies infielder) and Andrew Saalfrank (Arizona Diamondbacks pitcher).
MLB received data from a legal sports betting operator concerning baseball gambling activity from accounts that belonged to the above players, the league announced. Under MLB's rules, personnel are allowed to partake in sports gambling provided that it is legal in their jurisdiction and that they do not bet on diamond sports -- that is, baseball or softball. Each player violated the second part of that.
None of the players are appealing their suspension.
Shohei Ohtani be like ...
But man, I just can't get over Marcano's win percentage:
Marcano, 24, was signed by the Padres as an amateur free agent out of Venezuela in 2016. He was traded to the Pirates in 2021 … and last November went back to the Padres on waivers. He hasn't played a game since last July after tearing his ACL.
MLB's investigation found that Marcano didn't just bet on baseball frequently -- he's claimed to have gambled more than $150,000 across nearly 400 baseball bets, including on MLB and international contests -- but that he even bet on his own team, then the Pirates. '[Almost] all of Marcano's Pirates bets were on which club (the Pirates or their opponent) would win the game or whether there would be more or less than a certain number of runs scored in the game,' MLB said in a press release.
It's notable that Marcano did not appear in any of the games that he bet on because of his injury. He also denied having inside information that influenced his bets. MLB estimates that he won just 4.3% of his MLB-related gambles.
Dude won just 4.3% of his MLB bets!
Like, forget going out with a bang, this dude went out with one of these.
And I love the part where he says he had no inside information on the bets.
