Major League Baseball shifted Cleveland Guardians pitchers Emmanuel Clase and Luis Ortiz to unpaid leave pending trial for alleged involvement in a pitch-rigging scheme.

Cleveland Guardians pitchers Emmanuel Clase and Luis Ortiz will lose their 2026 salaries amid MLB's pitch-rigging investigation.

Cleveland Guardians pitchers Luis Ortiz and Emmanuel Clase, facing federal pitch-rigging charges to aid gamblers, were placed on unpaid non-disciplinary leave by Major League Baseball on Friday.

Emmanuel Clase and Luis Ortiz, two pitchers for the Cleveland Guardians, both got in trouble in 2025 for allegedly rigging pitches in games. With both of them awaiting trial and w