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Cleveland Guardians pitchers Emmanuel Clase and Luis Ortiz were indicted Sunday on charges that they accepted bribes from sports bettors to throw specific pitches that would trigger winnings on in-game prop bets.
Prosecutors identified Klaas and Ortiz’s pitches that helped lure two unnamed jurors from their native Dominican Republic Win at least $460,000. This included intentionally throwing a pitch outside the strike zone or within certain velocity limits. Here’s a closer look at those pitches.
Emmanuel Class May 19, 2023
The indictment, citing this outing without a photo of a specific pitch, said the scheme involved a bet of approximately $27,000 that Clase would throw a pitch faster than 94.95 mph. Class begins with 98.5 mph cutter new york The Mets’ Starling Marte was down and in in the 10th inning. Marte flew out on the next pitch, but the Mets won 10–9 on RBI singles by Francisco Álvarez and Francisco Lindor. The class had to face defeat.
3 June 2023
The indictment cited a wager of approximately $38,000 for a ball or hit with a pitch and velocity slower than 94.95 mph. An 89.4 mph slider to Minnesota’s Ryan Jeffers bounced just short of home plate in the bottom of the ninth inning and hit catcher Mike Zunino near the shoulder, causing an athletic trainer to examine the catcher. Jeffers struck out four pitches later and Klaas got the save in a 4–2 victory.
7 June 2023
The indictment cited a wager of approximately $58,000 for a ball or hit with a pitch and velocity slower than 94.95 mph. Clase started the ninth inning with a 91.4 mph slider to Boston’s Jerren Duran that was caught just short of the dirt. Duran walked on four pitches and was stranded as Klaas got the save in a 5–3 victory.
12 April 2025
The indictment cited bets of approximately $15,000 for a ball or hit with a pitch and velocity slower than 98.95 mph. An 89.4 mph slider to Kansas City’s Bobby Witt Jr. bounced in the bottom of the ninth inning. Witt singled three pitches later, starting a two-run, ninth-inning rally in the Guardians’ 6–3 victory.
11 May 2025
The indictment cited bets of approximately $11,000 for a hit by a ball or pitch. Philadelphia’s Max Kepler’s 99.1 mph cutter was in the dirt early in the ninth inning. Kepler threw five pitches later and Phillies Won 3-0.
13 May 2025
The indictment cited bets of approximately $3,500 for a ball or hit with a pitch and velocity slower than 99.45 mph. An 89.1 mph slider from Milwaukee’s Jake Bauers bounced in the bottom of the ninth inning. Bauers struck out five pitches later and Klaas got the save in a 2–0 victory.
17 May 2025
The indictment cited bets of approximately $10,000 for a ball or hit with a pitch and velocity slower than 97.95 mph. An 87.5 mph slider to Cincinnati’s Santiago Espinal bounced in the bottom of the eighth inning. Espinal singled four pitches later. Claes was relieved by Joey Castillo with two outs and two on and got a strikeout in a game the Reds won 4–1.
28 May 2025
The indictment cites the outing without a photo of the specific pitch, stating that the scheme involved bets of approximately $4,000 on whether the pitch would hit the ball or hit the batter. Clase started off Andy Paige of the Los Angeles Dodgers with a slider that bounced just behind the plate, but Paige turned and missed. Paige struck out two pitches later to start the ninth and Klaas was saved in a 7–4 victory. The indictment says a speculator sent Klass a message with a GIF of a man hanging himself with toilet paper and Klass responded with a GIF of a sad puppy dog face.
Luis OrtizJune 15, 2025
The indictment cited a bet of approximately $13,000 that a pitch would be a ball. The first pitch, an 86.7 mph slider to Seattle’s Randy Arozarena, started the second inning. Arozarena walked on five pitches and scored the game’s first run on Miles Mastrobuoni’s RBI single in a five-run inning, which the Mariners won 6–0.
27 June 2025
The indictment cited a bet of approximately $18,000 that a pitch would be a ball. The first pitch, an 86.7 mph slider from St. Louis’ Pedro Paiges, bounced off the backstop to start the third inning. Paige drove in a three-run inning two pitches later to drive in the first run of the game, and the Cardinals won 5–0.
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