Cleveland Guardians pitcher Luis Ortiz exits federal court after being indicted with teammate Emmanuel Clase, accused of rigging bets in Major League Baseball games, in Boston, Massachusetts, on Monday.

Major League Baseball is cracking down on the type of micro-bets that U.S. authorities allege are at the heart of criminal conspiracy charges laid Sunday against two pitchers for the Cleveland Guardians , as allegations of illegal behaviour in sports betting hit the third pro league in less than a month.

MLB announced Monday that its U.S. sportsbook partners will cap bets on single pitches – or what it calls “pitch-level markets” – at $200 and banned the wagers from being included in parlay bets that are made up of a series of such single-event bets.

The league, which said the authori

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