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Cleveland Guardians pitcher Emmanuel Clase was arrested by FBI agents at JFK Airport on Thursday and is currently in federal custody, Fox News Digital has learned. Clase was indicted on charges related to an alleged gambling scheme to rig bets on games during the MLB season, alongside his Cleveland teammate Luis Ortiz.

Clase was traveling to New York from the Dominican Republic, and was scheduled to be arraigned at a federal court in Brooklyn.

"Emmanuel Clase has devoted his life to baseball and doing everything in his power to help his team win," Clase's lawyer, Michael Ferrara, said in an emailed statement Wednesday.

Officials said in the indictment that, from May 2023 to June 2025, Clase agreed with one co-conspirator

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