Baseball’s latest gambling scandal won’t be ending anytime soon.

Via David Purdum of ESPN.com, Major League Baseball announced on Sunday that Cleveland Guardians pitchers Emmanuel Clase and Luis Ortiz will stay on nondisciplinary paid leave “ until further notice .”

The MLB Players Association agreed to extend the paid leave, while a gambling investigation continues. Originally, the paid leave for both players was due to last until August 31.

It started after sportsbooks noticed unusual betting interest in individual pitches thrown by Ortiz in a pair of Guardians games in June 2025. There was reportedly “suspicious betting” on whether an Ortiz pitch would be a ball or whether he would hit the batter in the second inning of a June 15 game against the Seattle Mariners and in the third

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