How can these MLB players be so stupid? They’re making millions of dollars, but they’re going to get dragged into a sports betting cheating scandal.
In the video above, Jeff Passan breaks down the pitch-rigging scheme involving Cleveland Guardians pitchers Emmanuel Clase and Luis Ortiz. The alleged scheme is pretty simple. There are prop bets around balls and strikes, and the feds are alleging that these two fools would open an inning with a ball in the dirt, and betters were making tens of thousands of dollars on individual pitches.
The good news is there are betting integrity firms that can spot these irregularities and work with the sportsbooks and MLB.
