An investigation by Major League Baseball found that a prominent teenage prospect in the Dominican Republic falsified documents and is five years older than previously believed, resulting in the withdrawal of a verbal agreement with the San Diego Padres, a league source confirmed to The Athletic.
The prospect, who went by the name Cesar Altagracia and plays shortstop, had verbally agreed to sign with the Padres for about $4 million in January 2027, according to ESPN, which first reported the news of the MLB investigation. The source said the league found that Altagracia is 19, not 14, as his paperwork had stated.
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The Padres and MLB separately declined comment.
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