Guardians' Emmanuel Clase accused of rigging pitches in dozens of games

Cleveland Guardians person Emmanuel Clase faced further allegations of rigging pitches to payment bettors successful a caller papers filed connected Thursday.

Clase is accused of throwing suspicious pitches to payment those who placed wagers connected him successful astatine slightest 48 games, according to ESPN. The archetypal indictment filed successful November accused Clase of rigging pitches successful circumstantial games betwixt May 2023 and June 2025.

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Cleveland Guardians pitcher Emmanuel Clase (48) throws a transportation during the ninth inning against the Athletics astatine Progressive Field connected July 18, 2025. (Ken Blaze/Imagn Images)

Fox News Digital reached retired to Clase’s lawyer for comment.

Clase pleaded not blameworthy to charges that helium took bribes to assistance gamblers triumph bets connected his pitches. He was released connected $600,000 bond, surrendered his passport and was ordered to bounds his question to New York and Ohio, refrain from gambling and taxable to GPS monitoring.

Clase allegedly began to petition and person bribes and kickback payments for agreeing to propulsion the circumstantial pitches successful April, according to the indictment. In 1 instance, the indictment said, Clase utilized his telephone successful the mediate of a crippled to coordinate with a bettor connected a transportation helium would throw.

Bettors allegedly won $400,000 from betting platforms connected pitches thrown by Clase betwixt 2023 and 2025.

Cleveland Guardians pitcher Emmanuel Clase during a shot crippled against the San Francisco Giants successful San Francisco, June 17, 2025.  (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, file)

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Clase’s attorney, Michael Ferrara, said successful October that Clase maintained his innocence.

"Emmanuel Clase has devoted his beingness to shot and doing everything successful his powerfulness to assistance his squad win," helium said astatine the time.

Clase and teammate Luis Ortiz were some implicated successful the alleged scheme. Ortiz allegedly joined the strategy successful June 2025.

Ortiz’s attorney, Christos N. Georgalis, filed the papers connected Thursday, saying national prosecutors are making the accusations against Clase and argued to person his client’s lawsuit beryllium dealt with separately from Clase.

Cleveland Guardians pitcher Emmanuel Clase reacts aft the Guardians defeated the Baltimore Orioles successful a shot crippled successful Cleveland, Tuesday, July 22, 2025.  (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)

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Georgalis said a assemblage whitethorn beryllium capable to find Ortiz blameworthy by association.

Fox News’ Jackson Thompson contributed to this report.

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