{"id":128558,"date":"2026-05-13T08:52:11","date_gmt":"2026-05-13T11:52:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ubirataonline.com.br\/yasiel-puig-homers-twice-in-debut-for-canadian-baseball-team-weeks-before-facing-possible-prison-sentence\/"},"modified":"2026-05-13T08:52:15","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T11:52:15","slug":"yasiel-puig-homers-twice-in-debut-for-canadian-baseball-team-weeks-before-facing-possible-prison-sentence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubirataonline.com.br\/en\/yasiel-puig-homers-twice-in-debut-for-canadian-baseball-team-weeks-before-facing-possible-prison-sentence\/","title":{"rendered":"Yasiel Puig homers twice in debut for Canadian baseball team weeks before facing possible prison sentence"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a class=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/mlb\/players\/9341\/\" data-i13n=\"sec:content-canvas;subsec:anchor_text;elm:context_link\" data-ylk=\"slk:Yasiel Puig;sec:content-canvas;subsec:anchor_text;elm:context_link;itc:0\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Yasiel Puig&quot;,&quot;ySubModuleName&quot;:&quot;anchor_text&quot;,&quot;yHasCommerce&quot;:false}\">Yasiel Puig<\/a> may be staring down a 15-year prison sentence, but the former major leaguer can still hit.<\/p>\n<p>Puig is playing in the Canadian Baseball League for the Toronto Maple Leafs, and on Sunday, in a game against the Kitchener Panthers, he hit a pair of home runs.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportsnet.ca\/baseball\/video\/yasiel-puig-blasts-two-homers-in-first-game-with-cbls-maple-leafs\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:The former big leaguer hit;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;The former big leaguer hit&quot;}\" class=\"link\">The former big leaguer hit<\/a> a two-out, three-run home run into deep left field in the bottom of the second inning to break a 1-1 tie.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"content-figure\">\n<div class=\"content-image\"><\/div><figcaption class=\"fig-caption\">\n<p>Former MLB star Yasiel Puig hits his second home run for the Toronto Maple Leafs on Sunday. @BaseballQuotes1\/X<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Puig pointed to the sky as he crossed home plate after trotting around the basepaths.<\/p>\n<p>The 35-year-old slugger followed it up with a solo home run in the fifth inning.<\/p>\n<p>Puig took a\u00a0 2-1 pitch into left field, into a park area far from the ballfield, where the semi-pro baseball game he was taking part in was.<\/p>\n<section class=\"consent\"\/>\n<p>Puig signed with the Maple Leafs of the Canadian Baseball League late last month and Sunday was his first game with the semi-pro team.<\/p>\n<p>All of this occurred 20 days out from a sentencing hearing slated for May 26 in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California in <a class=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/mlb\/teams\/la-dodgers\/\" data-i13n=\"sec:content-canvas;subsec:anchor_text;elm:context_link\" data-ylk=\"slk:Los Angeles;sec:content-canvas;subsec:anchor_text;elm:context_link;itc:0\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Los Angeles&quot;,&quot;ySubModuleName&quot;:&quot;anchor_text&quot;,&quot;yHasCommerce&quot;:false}\">Los Angeles<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>He was found guilty of <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/11\/30\/yasiel-puig-rescinds-guilty-plea-in-illegal-gambling-probe\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:obstruction of justice and providing false statements to federal investigators;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;obstruction of justice and providing false statements to federal investigators&quot;}\" class=\"link\">obstruction of justice and providing false statements to federal investigators<\/a> who had been looking into an illegal sports gambling operation.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"content-figure\">\n<div class=\"content-image\"><img alt=\"Former MLB star Yasiel Puig rounds the bases after hitting his second home run for the Toronto Maple Leafs on Sunday. @BaseballQuotes1\/X\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"445\" height=\"238\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"standard-img\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/5oCyKwKg29r6DfrtaG2IYQ--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTcwNTtoPTM3NztjZj13ZWJw\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/ny_post_sports_articles_389\/904af7a4cc2d6f0cc85d384b02f8ff47\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"fig-caption\">\n<p>Former MLB star Yasiel Puig rounds the bases after hitting his second home run for the Toronto Maple Leafs on Sunday. @BaseballQuotes1\/X<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The charges stemmed from an interview with investigators that took place on Jan. 27, 2022.<\/p>\n<p>He is potentially facing 15 years in jail, though he could receive a more lenient sentence for the situation.<\/p>\n<p>Puig had played seven seasons in Major League Baseball, spending six of those seasons with the <a class=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/mlb\/teams\/la-dodgers\/\" data-i13n=\"sec:content-canvas;subsec:anchor_text;elm:context_link\" data-ylk=\"slk:Los Angeles Dodgers;sec:content-canvas;subsec:anchor_text;elm:context_link;itc:0\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Los Angeles Dodgers&quot;,&quot;ySubModuleName&quot;:&quot;anchor_text&quot;,&quot;yHasCommerce&quot;:false}\">Los Angeles Dodgers<\/a> and playing for <a class=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/mlb\/teams\/cincinnati\/\" data-i13n=\"sec:content-canvas;subsec:anchor_text;elm:context_link\" data-ylk=\"slk:Cincinnati;sec:content-canvas;subsec:anchor_text;elm:context_link;itc:0\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Cincinnati&quot;,&quot;ySubModuleName&quot;:&quot;anchor_text&quot;,&quot;yHasCommerce&quot;:false}\">Cincinnati<\/a> and <a class=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/mlb\/teams\/cleveland\/\" data-i13n=\"sec:content-canvas;subsec:anchor_text;elm:context_link\" 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Indians&quot;,&quot;ySubModuleName&quot;:&quot;anchor_text&quot;,&quot;yHasCommerce&quot;:false}&quot;&gt;Cleveland Indians&lt;\/a&gt; looks on during the fourth inning of the MLB game between the Cleveland Indians and the &lt;a class=&quot;link &quot; href=&quot;https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/mlb\/teams\/la-angels\/&quot; data-i13n=&quot;sec:content-canvas;subsec:anchor_text;elm:context_link&quot; data-ylk=&quot;slk:Los Angeles Angels;sec:content-canvas;subsec:anchor_text;elm:context_link;itc:0&quot; data-yga=&quot;{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Los Angeles Angels&quot;,&quot;ySubModuleName&quot;:&quot;anchor_text&quot;,&quot;yHasCommerce&quot;:false}&quot;&gt;Los Angeles Angels&lt;\/a&gt; at Angel Stadium of Anaheim on September 09, 2019 in Anaheim, California. 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Getty Images<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"content-figure\">\n<div class=\"content-image\"><img alt=\"Former MLB star Yasiel Puig celebrates one of his two home runs for the Toronto Maple Leafs on Sunday. @BaseballQuotes1\/X\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"437\" height=\"238\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"standard-img\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/h.PRqIrK29Xd4p673FBBsw--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTcwNTtoPTM4NDtjZj13ZWJw\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/ny_post_sports_articles_389\/a30802f46a44ffec6de3b66718079794\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"fig-caption\">\n<p>Former MLB star Yasiel Puig celebrates one of his two home runs for the Toronto Maple Leafs on Sunday. @BaseballQuotes1\/X<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>During his time in the majors, he was named to the MLB All-Star Game in 2014.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Puig hit .277 in 3,376 plate appearances, while recording 132 home runs and 415 RBIs.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/articles\/yasiel-puig-homers-twice-debut-235615501.html\">Source link <\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yasiel Puig may be staring down a 15-year prison sentence, but the former major leaguer can still hit. 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