LAS VEGAS — On the heels of one of the most-watched and most thrilling postseasons in history, baseball is back in the news this week as the general manager meetings begin Monday in Las Vegas.

The Cosmopolitan hotel and casino is an interesting backdrop given the charges leveled at Cleveland Guardians pitchers Emmanuel Clase and Luis Ortiz that were made public Sunday in an unsealed indictment. Federal prosecutors charged them with fraud, conspiracy and bribery stemming from an alleged gambling scheme, and it will no doubt be a topic of discussion this week in Sin City. Baseball executives fielding questions about gambling while slot machines ding and cards are dealt behind them feels a little on-the-nose.

Nothing to see here, folks.

Considering it’s the GM meetings and not the busier

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