{"id":218669,"date":"2025-08-01T20:39:11","date_gmt":"2025-08-01T20:39:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/218669\/"},"modified":"2025-08-01T20:39:11","modified_gmt":"2025-08-01T20:39:11","slug":"2-guardians-suspected-of-gambling-ties-have-lockers-removed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/218669\/","title":{"rendered":"2 Guardians Suspected of Gambling Ties Have Lockers Removed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\nBy <\/p>\n<p>J.P. Hoornstra writes and edits Major League Baseball content. A veteran of 20 years of sports coverage for daily newspapers in California, J.P. covered MLB, the Los Angeles Dodgers, and the Los Angeles Angels (occasionally of Anaheim) from 2012-23 for the Southern California News Group. His first book, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Greatest-Dodgers-Games-All-Time\/dp\/1626011958\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Greatest-Dodgers-Games-All-Time\/dp\/1626011958\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"\" data-mce- rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The 50 Greatest Dodgers Games of All-Time<\/a>, published in 2015. In 2016, he won an Associated Press Sports Editors award for breaking news coverage. He once recorded a keyboard solo on the same album as two of the original Doors.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/sports\/mlb\/javascript:void(0);\" class=\"author-name\" rel=\"author nofollow noopener\" data-id=\"reporter_0\" target=\"_blank\"> Jon Paul Hoornstra <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Contributing Sports Writer<\/p>\n<p>news article<\/p>\n<p> Based on facts, either observed and verified firsthand by the reporter, or reported and verified from knowledgeable sources.<\/p>\n<p>\nShare<\/p>\n<p>\u2713 Link copied to clipboard!<\/p>\n<p>Listen<\/p>\n<p>Translate<\/p>\n<p>English (Original) <\/p>\n<p>Espa\u00f1ol\u4e2d\u56fd\u4ebaFran\u00e7aisDeutschPortuguese\u0939\u093f\u0928\u094d\u0926\u0940<\/p>\n<p id=\"read-original-disclaimer\">Newsweek AI is in beta. 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Inconsistencies may occur.<\/p>\n<p>\u2716   <\/p>\n<p>Major League Baseball <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BNightengale\/status\/1949875506016329903\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" class=\"multivariate\">announced Monday<\/a> that Cleveland Guardians All-Star Emmanuel Clase was going on paid administrative leave while the league investigates the pitcher&#8217;s connections to possible illegal betting.<\/p>\n<p>Clase joined Guardians teammate Luis Ortiz, who was effectively <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlb.com\/news\/luis-l-ortiz-non-disciplinary-leave\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" class=\"multivariate\">given a paid vacation<\/a> while the league looks into any possible intent behind two pitches he threw that yielded suspicious prop betting activity.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Originally suspended through the All-Star break, Ortiz&#8217;s absence was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlb.com\/news\/luis-l-ortiz-leave-of-absence-extended-through-august-31\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" class=\"multivariate\">extended through Aug. 31<\/a> to match Clase&#8217;s suspension.<\/p>\n<p>Now, neither pitcher has a locker in the Guardians&#8217; clubhouse, according to Zack Meisel of The Athletic on Twitter\/X.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The lockers for Emmanuel Clase and Luis Ortiz have been cleared out in the Guardians\u2019 clubhouse.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Zack Meisel (@ZackMeisel) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ZackMeisel\/status\/1951376220333158705?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">August 1, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<p>More to come on this story from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/sports\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" class=\"multivariate\">Newsweek Sports<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"mapping-embed imgPhoto\" id=\"i2695253\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/emmanuel-clase-guardians-gambling.jpg\" alt=\"Emmanuel Clase Guardians gambling\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\"\/><br \/>\n Emmanuel Clase #48 of the Cleveland Guardians reacts after the final out to defeat the National League 5-3 during the 94th MLB All-Star Game presented by Mastercard at Globe Life Field on July 16,&#8230;<br \/>\n Emmanuel Clase #48 of the Cleveland Guardians reacts after the final out to defeat the National League 5-3 during the 94th MLB All-Star Game presented by Mastercard at Globe Life Field on July 16, 2024 in Arlington, Texas.<br \/>\nMore<br \/>\nStacy Revere\/Getty Images<br \/>\n    <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"By J.P. 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