Under Major League Rule 21, any player betting on games where they have no duty gets a one-year ban, while betting on games with a duty leads to permanent ineligibility.
Marcano placed 387 bets on baseball, including 25 on Pirates games, during rehabilitation from injury, triggering his lifetime ban.
Other players, Michael Kelly, Andrew Saalfrank, Jose Rodriguez, received one-year bans for betting on MLB games while not on relevant team rosters or injured lists.
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