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Feds Allege Guardians P Emmanuel Clase Fixed Pitch in Playoff Game
Robinson Vasquez Germosen is charged as a middleman in a scheme where Guardians pitchers rigged at least 15 games from 2023 to 2025 to benefit microbetting, prosecutors say.
- This week, a superseding indictment in Brooklyn added Robinson Vasquez Germosen as a defendant, and prosecutors allege Vasquez acted as an alleged middleman, unsealed Friday in court documents.
- According to the indictment, prosecutors allege Vasquez relayed advance pitch info via coded texts like 'rooster' and 'chicken', set-aside tickets and third-party payments through Dominican contacts.
- Prosecutors say Clase conspired on at least 15 occasions from 2023-2025, throwing manipulated pitches during 12 games, including a postseason pitch under 99.45 mph that paid $4,000 and led to a $1,400 transfer.
- The superseding indictment increases the chance the planned May 4 trial will be delayed as all three defendants are scheduled for arraignment Wednesday in New York, with both pitchers still on the Guardians' restricted list.
- Defense teams argue the coded language referred to lawful cockfighting in the Dominican Republic, a claim prosecutors dispute based on message context, while Ortiz's lawyers seek severance and the Guardians club president Chris Antonetti assesses potential financial exposure.
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Newly unsealed court docs outline more allegations of pitch-rigging against Cleveland Guardians closer Emmanuel Clase
A superseding indictment accuses Guardians closer Emmanuel Clase of trying to throw rigged pitches in at least 15 games, with new allegations now coming to light.
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