Guardians’ Clase, Ortiz indicted for pitch rigging
November 9, 2025
Who woulda thunk that prop bets might be a bad idea….. /s
12 comments
For 12k?
Doesn’t they make more than that per game?!?
Lol.
Single thousands? WTF, there has to be something else.
$5k and $7k? What gives? Would have taken a lot more money than that to get me to take such a huge career risk.
I’ve got a bad feeling that athletes rigging games for bets is a way bigger problem than we think.
womp womp
Yeah we really need to make sports gambling illegal again ASAP
If convicted on all charges, the pitchers face up to 65 years in prison: 20 years for wire fraud conspiracy, 20 years for honest services wire fraud conspiracy, five years for conspiracy to influence sporting contests by bribery and 20 years for money laundering conspiracy.
The activity allegedly began with Clase in or around May 2023. Ortiz joined in around June 2025. According to the indictment, Clase’s conspirators totaled more than $400,000 in winnings. Ortiz’s totaled more than $60,000.
Clase allegedly coordinated with the co-conspirators on occasion during MLB games. The investigation found he often threw the rigged pitches on the first pitch of an at-bat, and typically well outside the strike zone, even in the dirt, to ensure the pitch would not be called a strike. He sometimes received “bribes and kickbacks from the bettors,” the document reads, and “sometimes provided money to the bettors in advance to fund the scheme.
Ortiz allegedly colluded with co-conspirators before his starts on June 15 and June 27 to throw pre-determined balls. According to the indictment, the bettors agreed to pay Ortiz $12,000 for throwing the rigged pitches, and Clase $12,000 for arranging the ploy. Clase withdrew $50,000 in cash before the June 27 contest and sent $15,000 to a co-conspirator to wager on Ortiz’s pre-determined pitch.
Damn. Clase in particular cost himself millions of dollars and his entire career for a 12k payout. What a moron.
So happy that this happened to Ohio
Prop bets are going to destroy pro sports. If fans lose confidence in the integrity of the game, shit falls apart real fast.
So he was serving Kerry a meatball on purpose, then
12 comments
For 12k?
Doesn’t they make more than that per game?!?
Lol.
Single thousands? WTF, there has to be something else.
$5k and $7k? What gives? Would have taken a lot more money than that to get me to take such a huge career risk.
I’ve got a bad feeling that athletes rigging games for bets is a way bigger problem than we think.
womp womp
Yeah we really need to make sports gambling illegal again ASAP
If convicted on all charges, the pitchers face up to 65 years in prison: 20 years for wire fraud conspiracy, 20 years for honest services wire fraud conspiracy, five years for conspiracy to influence sporting contests by bribery and 20 years for money laundering conspiracy.
The activity allegedly began with Clase in or around May 2023. Ortiz joined in around June 2025. According to the indictment, Clase’s conspirators totaled more than $400,000 in winnings. Ortiz’s totaled more than $60,000.
Clase allegedly coordinated with the co-conspirators on occasion during MLB games. The investigation found he often threw the rigged pitches on the first pitch of an at-bat, and typically well outside the strike zone, even in the dirt, to ensure the pitch would not be called a strike. He sometimes received “bribes and kickbacks from the bettors,” the document reads, and “sometimes provided money to the bettors in advance to fund the scheme.
Ortiz allegedly colluded with co-conspirators before his starts on June 15 and June 27 to throw pre-determined balls. According to the indictment, the bettors agreed to pay Ortiz $12,000 for throwing the rigged pitches, and Clase $12,000 for arranging the ploy. Clase withdrew $50,000 in cash before the June 27 contest and sent $15,000 to a co-conspirator to wager on Ortiz’s pre-determined pitch.
Damn. Clase in particular cost himself millions of dollars and his entire career for a 12k payout. What a moron.
So happy that this happened to Ohio
Prop bets are going to destroy pro sports. If fans lose confidence in the integrity of the game, shit falls apart real fast.
So he was serving Kerry a meatball on purpose, then