
Yasiel Puig is facing prison time after federal prosecutors requested he serve 18 months after he was convicted on two counts in relation to interviews he gave as part of a sports gambling investigation.
On February 6, a jury found Puig guilty of lying to federal investigators and obstruction of justice following a 12-day trial. The accusations stemmed from a 2022 informal interview with the former MLB All-Star related to an illegal sports betting operation run by former minor leaguer Wayne Nix.