CLEVELAND, Ohio — Major League Baseball has placed restrictions on betting on individual pitches, capping wagers at $200 and prohibiting those bets from being grouped with other bets, known as “parlays,” effective immediately.

MLB says the changes will reduce the payouts for these kinds of bets, and make it harder for bettors to find places to put more money on these kinds of wagers.

The move comes after two Guardians pitchers, Emmanuel Clase and Luis Ortiz, were indicted Sunday on federal charges related to a pitch-fixing scheme that prosecutors in New York say led their co-conspirators to profit by more than $450,000.

MLB says it worked with its sportsbook partners to establish safeguards across operators representing more than 98% of the U.S. betting market.

The measures target wh

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