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Federal prosecutors identify 18 alleged rigged pitches for Clase trial

YOU KNOW THAT THING EVERYONE PREDICTED ABOUT BASEBALL AND BETTING WELL FEDERAL PROSECUTORS JUST FILED COURT PAPERS LISTING EIGHTEEN SPECIFIC PITCHES THROWN BY CLEVELAND GUARDIANS CLOSER EMMANUEL CLASE THAT THEY SAY WERE TOTALLY RIGGED AND THE THING IS IT SPANS SEVENTEEN GAMES FROM 2023 TO 2025 INCLUDING A PLAYOFF GAME IN OCTOBER 2024 WHERE HE SUPPOSEDLY LEAKED INFO ON A NINETY-THREE MILE AN HOUR SLIDER OUT OF THE STRIKE ZONE WHICH IS WILD BECAUSE THEY ARE SAYING HE AND STARTER LUIS ORTIZ SHARED ADVANCE DETAILS ON PITCH RESULTS AND VELOCITY WITH BETTORS SO NOW THEY ARE FACING WIRE FRAUD AND MONEY LAUNDERING AND CONSPIRACY CHARGES HEADED TO TRIAL THIS NOVEMBER BUT BOTH PLAYERS PLEADED NOT GUILTY AFTER BEING ON LEAVE SINCE SUMMER 2025. ANYWAY I AM FINE, EVERYTHING IS FINE.

Federal prosecutors have pinpointed 18 pitches allegedly tied to an illegal gambling scheme ahead of the November fraud trial of Cleveland Guardians pitchers Emmanuel Clase and Luis Ortiz.

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