CLEVELAND, Ohio — You’re not a real Guardians fan if the gambling allegations against Emmanuel Clase didn’t make you immediately flash back to his 2024 postseason collapse and wonder — could the fix have been in for some of those pitches?
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…