MLB suspends Dominican prospect after age-fraud plot involving fake grave

• Report: player posed as nearly two years younger

• Scheme allegedly included fake grave and records

• $2.8m agreement with Guardians was canceled

A once-prized prospect from the Dominican Republic has been suspended by Major League Baseball after a league investigation revealed the player was part of an elaborate plot to portray him as nearly two years younger than he actually was, ESPN reported Friday.

The age-fraud plot included extreme efforts by the player's handler such as falsifying school and medical records, faking birth and death certificates and even staging a gravesite, per the report.