In a span of 5 minutes this happened and the Browns allowed punt and kickoff returns for TDs.
Fuck.
Fucking idiots
See ya
They done
Yikes. Sports betting is ruining and will continue to ruin sports.
Thank god for Donovan Mitchell and the Cavs
This tweet sounds like a toilet flushing.
Wonder if anyone else is going to get ratted out now that they’re in custody
With this, they will certainly never play in the MLB again.
Meisel:
“From the DOJ: Emmanuel Clase & Luis Ortiz are being charged w/ “wire fraud conspiracy, honest services wire fraud conspiracy, conspiracy to influence sporting contests by bribery, and money laundering conspiracy, for their alleged roles in a scheme to rig bets on pitches thrown”
Hopefully this will end the “but what about clase and Ortiz” posts. It was fairly obvious they were never pitching again, regardless of whether MLB had officially disciplined them. They’re cooked.
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Jesus, throwing their freedom away along with their careers.
Grilled cheese on the radiatah time fellas
When can we stop paying them?
Good. You’ll never not convince me there was some fuckery going on by Clase in last years postseason.
And this right here is why MLB hasn’t been able to go public with their evidence.
Meanwhile the Browns are losing to the Jets. At least we got the Cavs.
There’s no doubt in my mind that Clase threw the playoff run last year
Clase has to be one of the stupidest people to walk the planet.
When does their salary come off the books? With a conviction? Or will MLB make their own ruling on the matter?
This is going to be more and more common. With the explosion of sports betting there will be a corresponding explosion of this type of behavior. Someone can always be leveraged.
Just the tip of the iceberg
No shhh…. First pitch every time he pitched was an insane ball
I love that I’ve got a bet365 ad above this, a draft kings ad in this post, and I’m watching the browns on FanDuel network at work.
It was their translators
Whoa. What if that was the reason for his supposed post season collapse?
How does this impact their trade value?
I love Cleveland… But this is such a Cleveland thing to happen.
Full series of posts from Passan:
> BREAKING: Cleveland Guardians pitchers Emmanuel Clase and Luis Ortiz have been indicted by prosecutors in Brooklyn on a host of charges related to a scheme to rig bets on pitches thrown in MLB games. Ortiz was arrested in Boston earlier today. Clase is not currently in custody.
> The 23-page indictment against Emmanuel Clase and Luis Ortiz lays out the alleged scheme for the pitchers to intentionally throw balls so bettors could wager on pitches to be balls or strikes. It started, prosecutors say, as early as May 2023 with Clase and later included Ortiz.
> Prosecutors allege that Luis Ortiz was paid $5,000 for throwing an intentional ball June 15 and Emmanuel Clase given $5,000 for facilitating it. They did it again, according to the indictment, June 27. The payment for each on that pitch was $7,000 apiece.
> In a statement to ESPN, Major League Baseball said: “MLB contacted federal law enforcement at the outset of its investigation and has fully cooperated throughout the process. We are aware of the indictment and today’s arrest, and our investigation is ongoing.”
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In a span of 5 minutes this happened and the Browns allowed punt and kickoff returns for TDs.
Fuck.
Fucking idiots
See ya
They done
Yikes. Sports betting is ruining and will continue to ruin sports.
Thank god for Donovan Mitchell and the Cavs
This tweet sounds like a toilet flushing.
Wonder if anyone else is going to get ratted out now that they’re in custody
With this, they will certainly never play in the MLB again.
Meisel:
“From the DOJ: Emmanuel Clase & Luis Ortiz are being charged w/ “wire fraud conspiracy, honest services wire fraud conspiracy, conspiracy to influence sporting contests by bribery, and money laundering conspiracy, for their alleged roles in a scheme to rig bets on pitches thrown”
Hopefully this will end the “but what about clase and Ortiz” posts. It was fairly obvious they were never pitching again, regardless of whether MLB had officially disciplined them. They’re cooked.
This post is brought to you by r/draftkings and r/fanduel
Jesus, throwing their freedom away along with their careers.
Grilled cheese on the radiatah time fellas
When can we stop paying them?
Good. You’ll never not convince me there was some fuckery going on by Clase in last years postseason.
And this right here is why MLB hasn’t been able to go public with their evidence.
Meanwhile the Browns are losing to the Jets. At least we got the Cavs.
There’s no doubt in my mind that Clase threw the playoff run last year
Clase has to be one of the stupidest people to walk the planet.
When does their salary come off the books? With a conviction? Or will MLB make their own ruling on the matter?
This is going to be more and more common. With the explosion of sports betting there will be a corresponding explosion of this type of behavior. Someone can always be leveraged.
Just the tip of the iceberg
No shhh…. First pitch every time he pitched was an insane ball
I love that I’ve got a bet365 ad above this, a draft kings ad in this post, and I’m watching the browns on FanDuel network at work.
It was their translators
Whoa. What if that was the reason for his supposed post season collapse?
How does this impact their trade value?
I love Cleveland… But this is such a Cleveland thing to happen.
Full series of posts from Passan:
> BREAKING: Cleveland Guardians pitchers Emmanuel Clase and Luis Ortiz have been indicted by prosecutors in Brooklyn on a host of charges related to a scheme to rig bets on pitches thrown in MLB games. Ortiz was arrested in Boston earlier today. Clase is not currently in custody.
> The 23-page indictment against Emmanuel Clase and Luis Ortiz lays out the alleged scheme for the pitchers to intentionally throw balls so bettors could wager on pitches to be balls or strikes. It started, prosecutors say, as early as May 2023 with Clase and later included Ortiz.
> Prosecutors allege that Luis Ortiz was paid $5,000 for throwing an intentional ball June 15 and Emmanuel Clase given $5,000 for facilitating it. They did it again, according to the indictment, June 27. The payment for each on that pitch was $7,000 apiece.
> In a statement to ESPN, Major League Baseball said: “MLB contacted federal law enforcement at the outset of its investigation and has fully cooperated throughout the process. We are aware of the indictment and today’s arrest, and our investigation is ongoing.”
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If you betted on those games and players rig the matches, do the betting companies have to refund your money? How does that work?
Omg the bribes were only for $12,000. They threw away their entire careers and their freedom for $12,000.
#sigh
I’m now confident in saying Clase threw that Yankees series in 2024. What an absolute loser.
Silly baseball players. Insider betting is something only politicians can get away with!
We all knew this was gonna happen, but I was not expecting to feel the hurt I’m feeling.
Well that means their contracts are void, so that is around $7.2 million additional funds for the payroll for next year.
This is so fucking stupid across the board
“Between 2023-2025” hmm that sucks for us fans. He probably threw a playoff game or two
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Saw that coming. Fuck em both.
12k… they threw their freedom away and big money in a sport many would love to play and be paid all for 12k.
Jfc and Clase did this since 2023. How many games did he cost us in these last two years?
I found it strange how often he would throw a pitch in the dirt first pitch but thought it was lack of control
So… Voided contracts and we get their money back to sign some hitting?