On November ninth, federal prosecutors in Brooklyn indicted Cleveland Guardians pitchers Emmanuel Clase and Luis Ortiz for wire fraud conspiracy, money laundering, and influencing pitches for betting profits. The twenty-three-page indictment includes messages between Clase and alleged bettors, with one instance showing a game where Clase threw a strike instead of a ball, resulting in a win for his team. Both pitchers face up to sixty-five years in prison if convicted.

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