{"id":499480,"date":"2026-02-05T21:04:57","date_gmt":"2026-02-06T01:04:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/uncategorized\/judicial-document-accuses-emmanuel-clase-of-manipulating-pitches-in-48-games\/"},"modified":"2026-02-05T21:04:57","modified_gmt":"2026-02-06T01:04:57","slug":"judicial-document-accuses-emmanuel-clase-of-manipulating-pitches-in-48-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/uncategorized\/judicial-document-accuses-emmanuel-clase-of-manipulating-pitches-in-48-games\/","title":{"rendered":"Judicial document accuses Emmanuel Clase of manipulating pitches in 48 games"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>CLEVELAND.\u2013<\/strong> Cleveland <strong>Guardians<\/strong> pitcher <strong>Emmanuel Clase<\/strong> faces broader accusations than initially revealed by federal prosecutors, following a court document filed Thursday that indicates the reliever allegedly made <strong>manipulated pitches in at least 48 games over a two-year period<\/strong>, allegedly to benefit bettors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>You may be interested in<\/strong>:<a href=\"https:\/\/ab.deultimominuto.net\/deportes\/beisbol\/emmanuel-clase-y-luis-ortiz-comparecen-ante-juez-en-brooklyn-regresaran-a-corte-el-15-de-enero\/#google_vignette\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Emmanuel Clase and Luis Ortiz appear before a judge in Brooklyn; they will return to court on January 15<\/a><\/p>\n\n\nIn the formal accusation revealed in November, federal prosecutors had identified only <strong>nine games<\/strong> in which Clase allegedly engaged in this practice. However, a new filing submitted by the lawyer of <strong>Luis Ortiz<\/strong>, Clase&#8217;s teammate and identified as a co-conspirator, argues that the Government now attributes a much more extensive illicit conduct to the Dominican closer.\n\nESPN reported that it has requested comments from the lawyers of Clase and Ortiz, as well as the <strong>Federal Prosecutor&#8217;s Office of the Eastern District of New York<\/strong>, in charge of the process. <strong>Major League Baseball (MLB)<\/strong> reiterated that it is cooperating with federal authorities and declined to offer further comments.\n\nOrtiz&#8217;s lawyer, <strong>Cristos N. Georgalis<\/strong>, requested the court to separate the cases of both pitchers, arguing that there are <strong>clearly distinct levels of responsibility<\/strong> and that his client could not receive a fair trial if both proceedings continue together. According to the document, Ortiz would only be involved in two games in June 2025, while Clase would have conspired with bettors between 2023 and 2025.\n\nGeorgalis argued that presenting to a jury <strong>26 months of alleged criminal activity attributed to Clase<\/strong>, including suspicious pitches in dozens of games, frequent communications with gamblers, money transfers, and coordination of illegal bets, could lead Ortiz to be found guilty by association.\n\nClass participated in <strong>197 regular season games between 2023 and July 2025<\/strong>, when MLB placed him on non-disciplinary administrative leave amid the investigation into betting. If the accusations are confirmed, the pitcher would have manipulated his performance in approximately <strong>a quarter of those games<\/strong>.\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Another court document reveals that a judge requested the Government to provide Clase&#8217;s defense with the evidence related to the pitches considered suspicious. According to the record, the player himself has identified <strong>at least 250 pitches<\/strong> on which bets were placed, so the court urged the prosecutors to disclose any additional evidence included in the alleged conspiracy.<\/p>\n\n\nBoth <strong>Clase and Ortiz pleaded not guilty<\/strong> to charges of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, honest services fraud, money laundering, and conspiracy to influence sporting events through bribery. The most serious charges carry penalties of up to <strong>20 years in prison<\/strong>.\n\nAccording to prosecutors, both pitchers allegedly received <strong>thousands of dollars in bribes<\/strong> to help two unidentified bettors, residents of the <strong>Dominican Republic<\/strong>, to profit at least <strong>US$460,000<\/strong>, betting on the outcome and speed of certain pitches.\n\nClass, a three-time <strong>All-Star<\/strong> and two-time <strong>American League Reliever of the Year<\/strong>, was in the fourth year of a <strong>five-season, US$20 million<\/strong> contract. Ortiz, for his part, played three seasons with the Pittsburgh Pirates before joining Cleveland in 2025, where he participated in 16 games. Both remain on administrative leave.\n\nThe trial is scheduled to begin on <strong>May 4<\/strong>, although Ortiz&#8217;s defense has requested more time to prepare the case.\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CLEVELAND.\u2013 Cleveland Guardians pitcher Emmanuel Clase faces broader accusations than initially revealed by federal prosecutors, following a court document filed Thursday that indicates the reliever allegedly made manipulated pitches in at least 48 games over a two-year period, allegedly to benefit bettors. You may be interested in:Emmanuel Clase and Luis Ortiz appear before a judge [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":972,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[35481,1],"tags":[611,40231,40813,13766,41186],"class_list":["post-499480","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-baseball","category-uncategorized","tag-deultimominuto","tag-dominican-republic","tag-major-leagues","tag-mlb","tag-theperiodicodelatruth"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/phj1q1-25W8","jetpack_featured_media_url":"","dum_api":{"author_name":"Yamell Rossi","author_image":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/cropped-7a176880-76f8-4b0c-9527-4e34feef45e4-96x96.jpg","categories_name":["Baseball","Uncategorized"],"featured_media_url":null},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/499480","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/972"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=499480"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/499480\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=499480"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=499480"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=499480"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}