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Ex-Cleveland Guardians pitchers, including star reliever, go to trial in New York on fraud charges

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Former Cleveland Guardians pitchers Emmanuel Clase and Luis Ortiz are set to go on trial in Brooklyn federal court on Monday, facing charges of accepting bribes from gamblers who used the information for profitable prop bets, accumulating at least $460,000 in winnings. Prosecutors claim that Clase began providing pitch data to the bettors in 2023 and recruited Ortiz into the scheme a year later. The trial is expected to last a month with witnesses including other players and executives scheduled to testify. Both pitchers are on nondisciplinary leave from the club and have pleaded not guilty, facing charges that include wire fraud conspiracy and money laundering conspiracy.

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As of November 3, 2026, former Cleveland Guardians pitchers Emmanuel Clase and Luis Ortiz began their trial in Brooklyn federal court, accused of accepting bribes to help gamblers win at least $460,000 on in-game prop bets related to individual pitches. The trial, which prosecutors claim is the biggest baseball betting scandal since the Black Sox incident, involves charges such as wire fraud conspiracy and money laundering conspiracy. If convicted on all counts, Clase and Ortiz could face up to 65 years in prison. Both players have pleaded not guilty and are currently on non-disciplinary leave from the Guardians without pay. The trial is expected to last a month and includes testimony from professional baseball players and executives like general manager Mike Chernoff and coaches Carl Willis.

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Clase PERSON · 6× Ortiz PERSON · 5× Guardians ORG · 3× Brooklyn GPE · 1× Cleveland Guardians ORG · 1× Dominican Republic GPE · 1× Emmanuel Clase PERSON · 1× Kiyo A. Matsumoto PERSON · 1× Luis Ortiz PERSON · 1× NEW YORK GPE · 1×

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On Friday, the judge ruled that prosecutors cannot show the jury proof that Clase owed $500,000 in U.S. taxes because they had only provided the evidence to defense lawyers several days earlier and long after a deadline had passed to turn over evidence to their adversaries.

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🔮 Their careers and possibly their freedom are at stake in the jury trial expected to unfold over the next month in Brooklyn federal court.

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Ex-Cleveland Guardians pitchers, including star reliever, go to trial in New York on fraud charges · assertive framing

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Ex-Cleveland Guardians pitchers, including star reliever, go to trial in New York on fraud charges · assertive framing

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NEW YORK (AP) — Former Cleveland Guardians pitchers Emmanuel Clase and Luis Ortiz go to trial Monday on charges that they accepted bribes as they colluded with gamblers who made hundreds of thousands of dollars betting correctly on individual pitches. asserted

who → go → pitches

Their careers and possibly their freedom are at stake in the jury trial expected to unfold over the next month in Brooklyn federal court. uncertain

careers → expect → court

Several professional baseball players, including catchers and baseball executives, are among witnesses expected to testify. asserted

players → include → witnesses

Clase, the Guardians’ former closer, and Ortiz, a starter, have pleaded not guilty to conspiracy charges and are on nondisciplinary leave from the club without pay while their fate is determined. asserted

fate → plead → pay

According to an indictment, the pitchers accepted several thousand dollars in payoffs to help two gamblers from their native Dominican Republic win at least $460,000 on in-game prop bets on the speed and outcome of certain pitches. uncertain

gamblers → accord → pitches

Prosecutors allege that Clase began providing the bettors with information about his pitches in 2023 and recruited Ortiz into the scheme in 2025. asserted

Clase → allege → 2025

Lawyers for Ortiz unsuccessfully sought to have Ortiz tried separately from Clase. asserted

Ortiz → seek → Clase

Judge Kiyo A. Matsumoto said at a conference Friday that she hopes to complete jury selection quickly enough that lawyers can deliver relatively short opening statements in the afternoon. asserted

lawyers → say → afternoon

Clase, 28, is a three-time All-Star and two-time American League Reliever of the Year who had completed his fourth season of a $20 million, five-year contract when charges against the pitchers were revealed in November 2025. asserted

charges → complete → November

Ortiz, 27, had earned $782,600 as a starting pitcher for the Guardians during the 2025 season. asserted

Ortiz → earn → season

The pitchers have been charged with wire fraud conspiracy, honest services wire fraud conspiracy, money laundering conspiracy and conspiracy to influence sporting contests by bribery. asserted

pitchers → charge → bribery

Defense lawyers are expected to argue that the pitchers did not collude with gamblers and instead were varying the placement of pitches strategically to fool batters. asserted

pitchers → expect → batters

deadline → rule → adversaries

A prosecutor had argued that the government wanted to put the evidence in the trial to offset any claim by Clase’s lawyers that he had no incentive to collude with gamblers because he had several million dollars in financial accounts in the Dominican Republic. uncertain

he → argue → Republic

Major League Baseball and the Guardians have both said they’ve fully cooperated with authorities. asserted

they → say → authorities

MLB has said it contacted federal law enforcement when it began investigating unusual betting activity. asserted

it → say → activity