Baseball

11/11/2025 |  MLB, sportsbooks cap bets on individual pitches in response to pitch rigging scandal (Associated Press (AP)) Major League Baseball said its authorized gaming operators will cap bets on individual pitches at $200 and exclude them from parlays, a day after two Cleveland Guardians were indicted and accused of rigging pitches at the behest of gamblers.

11/11/2025 |  MLB, major sportsbooks to limit prop bets on pitches amid Emmanuel Clase, Luis Ortiz gambling scandal (CBS Sports) Major League Baseball announced on Monday that major sportsbooks will place a $200 limit on pitch-level microbets as well as exclude them from potential parlays. The news comes just a day after two Cleveland Guardians pitchers, starter Luis L. Ortiz and closer Emmanuel Clase, were indicted on a bevy of charges related to manipulating specific pitches for betting purposes. 

11/11/2025 |  MLB announces new gambling safeguards after 2 Guardians were indicted in betting scandal (CNN Sports) A day after two Major League Baseball pitchers were indicted for allegedly participating in a scheme to rig bets on MLB games, the league announced it has worked with partner sportsbooks to limit prop bets on pitches thrown.     

11/11/2025 |  MLB free agency 2025-26: Passan's perfect offseason moves (ESPN) LAS VEGAS -- With the GM meetings underway and Major League Baseball's winter off to its typically slow start, a deluge of moves is coming between now and the new year. Plenty of players will sign. A few trades will happen. And rosters will look very different.

11/11/2025 |  Wetzel: Feds are the best hope to police sports betting's wild west (ESPN) Emmanuel Clase had made over $12 million as a relief pitcher and was set to pocket an additional $6.4 million next season from the Cleveland Guardians. At just 27 years old with the ability to throw a 95 mph cutter, there were likely many more millions to come.