MLB suspends prospect for age-fraud scheme including fake death

Major League Baseball has suspended a Dominican prospect after discovering age fraud that included a fictitious death and gravesite tombstone. Back in December, the Cleveland Guardians made a $2.8 million deal with infielder David Severino, whose real name is Daury David Severino Damaso. After closer investigation, the MLB discovered that Severino’s handler used a fake birth…

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. Continue reading...

Cleveland thought the switch-hitting teenager was years younger than he actually is, according to an ESPN report.

Great lengths were taken to make a young Dominican prospect appear several years younger than his actual age

Major League Baseball has suspended a once-prized Dominican prospect after uncovering an age-fraud plot that included a fictitious death, sources told ESPN.