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Report: player posed as nearly two years younger
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Report: player posed as nearly two years younger
Scheme allegedly included fake grave and records
$2.8m agreement with Guardians was canceled
A once-prized prospect from the Dominican Republic has been suspended by Major League Baseball after a league investigation revealed the player was part of an elaborate plot to portray him as nearly two years younger than he actually was, ESPN reported Friday.
The age-fraud plot included extreme efforts by the player’s handler such as falsifying school and medical records, faking birth and death certificates and even staging a gravesite, per the report.
Scheme allegedly included fake grave and records
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Source: The Guardian · Reuters. Published 28 Aug 2026, 10:27 pm.
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