CLEVELAND, Ohio (WKBN) - Major League Baseball announced on Sunday that Cleveland Guardians pitchers Luis Ortiz and Emmanuel Clase will remain on paid leave until further notice as part of MLB's gambling investigation.

Both players had previously been on paid leave until Aug. 31 until the extension was announced.

This all but guarantees that neither player will pitch for Cleveland the rest of the season.

MLB released the following statement:

MLB and the MLBPA have agreed to extend the non-disciplinary paid leave of Cleveland Guardians pitchers Emmanuel Clase and Luis Ortiz until further notice while MLB continues its investigation. We will not comment further until the investigation has been completed.

In response, the Guardians released the following statement:

We have been informed

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