Former MLB closer Jonathan Papelbon said Thursday that Major League Baseball has gone to some unique lengths to try to keep its players away from gambling.
Speaking to Rob Bradford on the Baseball Isn't Boring podcast (h/t Audacy's Ryan Gilbert), Papelbon discussed MLB having mob members speak to players about the dangers of betting:
"They brought some of the mob members in. Gambling is such a big deal. They've brought former FBI informants with the mob with gambling rings in the mob to come talk in spring training about, 'Don't get sucked into gambling.