While federal prosecutors alleged that Guardians’ closer Emmanuel Clase was involved in an illegal sports betting scheme, that didn’t always go according to plan.

Clase, along with fellow pitcher Luis Ortiz, was indicted on Sunday , with prosecutors alleging that Clase and Ortiz “agreed in advance with their co-conspirators on specific pitches that they would throw in MLB games” which in turn their co-conspirators “then used that information to place hundreds of fraudulent bets on those pitches.”

However, in one instance on May 28, 2025, according to the indictment, Clase’s plan went awry when one batter swung at a pitch that the Cleveland pitcher allegedly threw out of the strike zone on purpose, costing Clase and the bettors money.

Emmanuel Clase was a three-time MLB All-Star from 2

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