CLEVELAND, Ohio – The types of bets Guardians reliever Emmanuel Clase is accused of helping to rig are now far less profitable after Major League Baseball capped bets.

These are bets not on the outcome of a game, but rather minutia such as whether the next pitch will be a ball or a strike, or the speed of a particular pitch.

As early as 2023, Cleveland’s ace reliever was intentionally throwing bad pitches or slower than his top speed in exchange for cash from the gambling world, according to a federal indictment released last month in New York.

If convicted of the charges Clase denies, he could be sentenced to 65 years in prison.

The indictment cites specific pitches on specific days in 2023 and 2025 in which authorities said Clase threw first-pitch balls or slower on purpose. The

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