Nov 11, 2025
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A day after two Major League Baseball pitchers were indicted for allegedly participating in betting on MLB games, the league announced it was working with affiliated sportsbooks to limit bets on pitches pitched.
A day after two Major League Baseball pitchers were charged with participating in a scheme to rig bets on MLB games, the league announced it is working with the sportsbooks involved to limit extra innings betting.
"Efficient Immediately, all MLB approved sports betting markets for $ 200,000 and exemption the produces of damages," MLB said in a statement.
The cap will limit the amount collected in each hole before it is released – ball speed, stroke and pitch – while also limiting the effect of any infractions during play.
The league was asked whether the new "micro-betting" ban was a response to allegations that Cleveland Guardians pitchers Emmanuel Clase and Luis Ortiz rigged pitches during games.
In a statement Monday, MLB Commissioner Robert D.Manfred, Jr. applauded the industry for working with us to "take steps to develop a national solution to address the risks posed by such markets, which are particularly sensitive to integrity concerns."
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Both Sheets and Ortiz maintain their innocence through their attorneys.
"There is no credible evidence that Lewis knowingly did anything other than try to win games, with any pitch, any play," Ortiz's attorney, Chris Georgalis, said in an email Sunday."Lewis looks forward to fighting these charges in court."
Klaas' attorney, Michael J. Ferrara, also said his client "is innocent of all charges and looks forward to having his name cleared in court."
Both players were suspended during the 2025 MLB season in connection with the proposed game.
Ortiz appeared in federal court in Boston on Monday.According to the Associated Press, U.S. Magistrate Donald Cabell released Ortiz on $500,000 bail, ordered the 26-year-old to surrender his passport and restricted his travel to the region, among other things.
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The indictment alleges that "the defendants agreed in advance with their co-conspirators on certain pitches that would be thrown at MLB games. The conspirators then used this information to place hundreds of false mats on those pitches."
Class participation in the plan is supposed to begin in 2023. The three-time All-Star coordinated with corrupt sports bookies to place bets on specific pitches he would throw, prosecutors say.
According to the indictment, bettors would place bets on Klass' speed and pitch type based on information they received from Klass in advance and sometimes during games.
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Ortiz is accused of joining the enterprise in 2025, working alongside Clase to coordinate with bettors on rigged pitches he would throw.
Prosecutors allege Ortiz received a total of $12,000 for intentionally throwing pitches instead of strikes in two MLB games.Claes received a matching amount for his role in helping set up Ortiz's rigged pitches, winning gamblers at least $60,000 in the process.
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The Trio was arrested in October in connection with two Federal gambling investigations, one involving rigged high-stakes poker games and the other involving insider trading in sports betting.
Both MLB and NBA cases are handled by NocLalla's Brooklyn office.
If Clase and Ortiz are convicted of all charges, they could potentially spend decades behind bars.
Amanda Musa contributed to this report.
