Baseball Prospect’s Shocking Age Fraud | Hip-Hop News

Hip-Hop News Today | 2 Min News | The Daily News Now! · Aug 29, 2026 · 2m

A Dominican baseball prospect pulled off an audacious scam to fake his age and identity, creating a fictional younger brother complete with forged birth, medical, and even death records—including a fake tombstone—to deceive MLB and the Cleveland Guardians into signing a $2.8 million deal. The scheme, allegedly orchestrated by his former trainer with parental consent, involved portraying him as a 13-year-old instead of his actual age, 16. MLB’s investigation exposed the elaborate fraud, leading to a two-year suspension that blocks him from signing with any MLB team and could slash his future…