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Guardians closer Emmanuel Clase accused of rigging playoff pitch

Guardians closer Emmanuel Clase accused of rigging playoff pitch

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Cleveland Guardians closer Emmanuel Clase is now accused of taking part in a pitch-fixing scheme that extended into the postseason, according to federal prosecutors. A superseding indictment unsealed in federal court in Brooklyn alleges that Clase, along with fellow pitcher Luis Leandro Ortiz Ribera and Robinson Vasquez Germosen, conspired to predetermine certain pitches in Major League Baseball games and quietly tip off gamblers. Prosecutors say the operation ran from May 2023 through June 2025 and generated at least $450,000 in illicit winnings. Robinson Vasquez Germosen indicted as co-conspirator in Emmanuel Clase/Luis Ortiz pitch-rigging case. Charging documents link them through text chats and the pitchers leaving him Guardians tickets labeled for family and friends. See more at @InGameHQ pic.twitter.com/Sku3MC9VxA — brant james (@brantjames) February 13, 2026 The new filing adds that Clase participated in the scheme during a playoff game, a detail that significantly raises the stakes of the allegations. Authorities suggest that gamblers were given advance notice about how specific pitches would be thrown, allowing them to place targeted wagers with unusually favorable odds. What …

Clase and Ortiz defense says messages were about roosters, not baseball

Clase and Ortiz defense says messages were about roosters, not baseball

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Luis Ortiz and Emmanuel Clase, both Major League Baseball (MLB) pitchers for the Cleveland Guardians, have reaffirmed that messages presented as evidence referred to rooster betting, not baseball gambling. Clase and Ortiz are defendants in a federal illegal gambling case that has shaken the MLB and caused gambling lines on pitching to be revised as a result. Prosecutors have built a case based on intercepted correspondence, including references to animals, logistics, and routine matters, which they allege are not literal but served as code words to disguise illegal sports betting activity. Defence insists that intercepted messages are about animals As we reported, the court proceedings for both men have begun in a case alleging that both participated in a protracted baseball betting scheme. Two Current Major League Baseball Players Charged in Sports Betting and Money Laundering Conspiracy https://t.co/uHE2ohObCc (Announced with @NewYorkFBI) — US Attorney EDNY (@EDNYnews) November 9, 2025 The charges laid out for the icons include wire fraud conspiracy, Honest services wire fraud conspiracy, Conspiracy to influence sporting contests by bribery, and Money laundering …