Major League Baseball's sportsbook partners have set a $200 betting limit for wagers on individual pitches and banned them in parlays in the wake of a pitch-fixing scandal, MLB said on Monday.

DraftKings and FanDuel, the two largest United States sportsbook operators, have agreed to adjust betting options to abide with MLB's desires.

The new measures by sportsbook operators cover 98% of the US betting market and are aimed at limiting integrity risks.

The move comes a day after Dominican pitchers Emmanuel Clase and Luis Ortiz of the Cleveland Guardians were indicted by federal prosecutors in New York on charges related to a scheme to rig the outcomes of specific pitches thrown in MLB games to produce major payouts on "prop" bets to wagerers tipped off about what was coming.

Both players

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