The Rising Baseball Star, a Fatal Car Crash and the Fixer

By Gus Garcia-Roberts · ProPublica · September 2026

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"When an accident involving top prospect Oneil Cruz left three dead on a darkened road in the Dominican Republic, secret payoffs helped rescue his career and launched a shadowy business empire."

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