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Omaha Steve

(107,835 posts) Sun Nov 9, 2025, 02:56 PM Nov 9

MLB pitchers Emmanuel Clase and Luis Ortiz charged with taking bribes to rig pitches for bettors [View all]

Source: AP

Updated 1:37 PM CST, November 9, 2025
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NEW YORK (AP) — Two Major League Baseball pitchers were indicted Sunday on charges they took bribes to give sports bettors advance notice of the types of pitches they’d throw and intentionally tossed balls instead of strikes to ensure successful bets.

Emmanuel Clase and Luis Ortiz, both of whom pitched for the Cleveland Guardians, have been on non-disciplinary paid leave since July while Major League Baseball investigated unusually high in-game betting activity when they pitched.

Clase, 27, and Ortiz, 26, were both charged with wire fraud conspiracy, honest services wire fraud conspiracy, conspiracy to influence sporting contests by bribery and money laundering conspiracy. The top charges carry a potential punishment of up to 20 years in prison in the event of a conviction.

Ortiz was arrested by the FBI on Sunday morning at Boston Logan International Airport. He is expected to appear in federal court in Boston on Monday.

Read more: https://apnews.com/article/mlb-baseball-gambling-ortiz-clase-a6db1ff46523e2ffa16d84ca427cf7c1

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MLB pitchers Emmanuel Clase and Luis Ortiz charged with taking bribes to rig pitches for bettors [View all] Omaha Steve Nov 9 OP

Collusion is never a good thing FakeNoose Nov 9 #1

The precedent set from the 1919 Black Sox scandal Justice Brandeis Nov 9 #2

As it should be. paleotn Nov 9 #5

They rigged it and bet on it big time and thought nobody would notice? Well either I am wrong or ? twodogsbarking Nov 9 #3

How the heck would that work? LudwigPastorius Nov 9 #4

Micro-betting is a thing... GJGCA Nov 9 #8

Yes, but how would the pitchers indicate to the bettors what pitch they were about to throw? LudwigPastorius Nov 9 #9

A wink or a nod .. GJGCA Nov 9 #11

_ LudwigPastorius Nov 9 #13

Why? RandySF Nov 9 #6

They threw away their careers for this. Diamond_Dog Nov 9 #7

Hard to believe. Clase blew his chance at enormous wealth. Auggie Nov 9 #12

I will never understand it. Diamond_Dog Nov 9 #14

Partially True. Closers in general don't get big money contracts for as long of terms as starting pitchers Wiz Imp Nov 9 #16

Mariano Rivera deserved a lot more Polybius Nov 9 #17

Rivera apparently earned a total of approximately $170 million over 18 seasons Wiz Imp Nov 9 #18

He was so good, he deserved more Polybius Nov 9 #19

Partially true? Dead-on-balls accurate ... Auggie Nov 9 #23

Aren't you just the smartest guy in the world? Wiz Imp Nov 9 #30

Maybe it's not just money. LisaM Nov 9 #20

It's looking like professional sports, generally, are infested with gambling collusion Ponietz Nov 9 #10

Same thing the NBA player was arrested Deminpenn Nov 9 #15

It doesn't help that the announcers freaking dissect every pitch. LisaM Nov 9 #21

It's sometimes tedioius listening to the announcers I will admit FakeNoose Nov 9 #25

This beaks my heart. MontanaMama Nov 9 #22

If The Thing and his clowns and some SROTUS memers do, why not pitchers? Wonder Why Nov 9 #24

This is so true! The sport of baseball needs to remain clean of the possibility of gambling FakeNoose Nov 9 #27

Gambling is for suckers (n/t) PJMcK Nov 9 #26

SCOTUS opened the gates of corruption RVN VET71 Nov 9 #28

Already making $ each of us can only dream of wolfie001 Nov 9 #29