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. Puig was being questioned as a witness in the case and was not under investigation, but prosecutors alleged he lied during the interview. He told investigators that he knew Donny Kadokawa, the intermediary he placed bets with, through baseball, not sports betting. During the trial, the prosecution played surreptitiously recorded audio of Puig claiming he didn't cooperate with the investigation.…