(FILES) Cuban-US baseball player Yasiel Puig (L), playing for Venezuela, is tagged out at home plate by Panama's catcher Christian Gabriel Bethancourt, during the Caribbean Baseball Series game between Panama and Venezuela at Marlins Park in Miami, Florida, on February 6, 2024. Former Major League Baseball outfielder Yasiel Puig was convicted on February 6, 2026 on federal charges of obstructing justice and lying to investigators about his involvement in illegal sports betting. The 35-year-old Cuban-born standout spent six seasons with the Los Angeles Dodgers and a final MLB campaign in 2019 with Cincinnati and Cleveland during which he became a US citizen. (Photo by Chandan Khanna / AFP via Getty Images)