Tucupita Marcano threw both his baseball career down the drain and a big chunk of money. As reported by the New York Post, the disgraced Major League Baseball player lost all of the bets he had placed on the Pittsburgh Pirates. “Ultimately, Marcano lost all of his parlays involving the Pirates and only won 4.3% of all of his MLB-related bets overall,” the league stated. Marcano, who joined the Pirates in 2021, was still on the injured list during his 2023 bets and hadn’t played any of the games that he had gambled on.
Marcano isn’t the only one who put his career on the line for a bad wager. Michael Kelly, Jay Groome, José Rodriguez, and Andrew Saalfrank all placed bets as well, but not on their own teams, which resulted in one-year suspensions each, per CBS Sports. According to MLB, Kelly’s total bets amounted to just under $100, with total winnings of $28.30. Groome suffered the most with $433.43 in losses, while Saalfrank was out $274. Rodriguez gambled over $724 on MLB teams, but it’s unclear how much he won or lost.
Unfortunately, Marcano didn’t just lose the money that he bet on the Pirates. He lost his hefty salary as well, and the 24-year-old now faces an uncertain future.
