Two Cleveland Guardians pitchers, Luis Ortiz and star reliever Emmanuel Clase, were indicted on Sunday for intentionally throwing bad pitches in order to enrich their gambling partners and themselves, according to prosecutors.
Clase and Ortiz, according to the indictment, agreed to “rigging pitches” — either by throwing them poorly or at a certain speed — in return for kickback payments. Their co-conspirators bet on certain pitches being made, based on their inside information, and won at least $450,000, according to the prosecutors at the Eastern District of New York.
Clase and Ortiz are facing charges of wire fraud conspiracy, conspiracy to influence sporting contests by bribery, money laundering conspiracy, and honest services wire fraud conspiracy. Ortiz was arrested on Sunday in Boston, while Clase, a native of the Dominican Repubic, has not been arrested.
The average MLB salary is $5M and yet these two clowns were out there destroying the integrity of the game so they could make more money. Unbelievable. Still, no matter what happens to Ortiz and Clase, lost in this nonsense is that it happened under Rob Manfred's watch, by far the worst commissioner in all of sports.
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