两名前守护者投手被控操纵投球助赌案开庭：陪审团遴选启动、审期约一个月
纽约 Brooklyn 位于纽约州 Kings County，是纽约市五大区之一。11月2日，克利夫兰守护者队投手 Emmanuel Clase 与 Luis Ortiz 被控操纵投球、协助赌客下注牟利一案在 Brooklyn 的联邦法院开庭。据美联社报道，两人当天上午抵达法院，陪审团遴选随即启动；这场审判预计持续约一个月，多名职业棒球选手（包括捕手）与球队高管预计将出庭作证。
据美联社报道，Clase 是守护者队的前终结者，Ortiz 是先发投手；两人对共谋指控均不认罪，目前处于无薪的非纪律停职状态，职业生涯与人身自由都系于此案。起诉书指控两人收受数千美元贿赂，帮助两名来自其祖国多米尼加共和国的赌客靠对单个投球的球速与结果下注，赢得至少 46 万美元。
检方指控，Clase 早在 2023 年就开始向赌客提供自己投球的信息，并在 2025 年把 Ortiz 拉入伙；Ortiz 的律师曾申请把他与 Clase 分案审理，未获批准。据美联社报道，辩方预计将主张两名投手并未与赌客串通，相关投球的落点变化只是迷惑打者的策略。
此案的指控最初由司法部纽约东区联邦检察官办公室在 2025 年 11 月公布。按当时的起诉材料，两人被控四项共谋罪名：电信诈骗共谋、诚实服务电信诈骗共谋、以贿赂影响体育竞赛共谋与洗钱共谋。起诉材料称，Clase 通过操纵投球让同伙赌客赢得至少 40 万美元；Ortiz 则在 2025 年 6 月的两场比赛中同意在指定投球上故意投出坏球，其中 6 月 15 日一场换得赌客同意支付他 5,000 美元贿赂、另付 Clase 5,000 美元作牵线报酬，6 月 27 日一场的贿赂为 7,000 美元。联邦检察官 Joseph Nocella, Jr. 在公布起诉时表示：「正如起诉所指控的，两名被告为了操纵投球，把这份信任卖给了赌客。」
据美联社报道，Clase 现年 28 岁，是三届全明星、两届美国联盟年度救援投手，在 2025 年 11 月指控曝光时，他那份五年 2,000 万美元合同正走到第四个赛季；Ortiz 现年 27 岁，2025 赛季作为守护者队先发投手薪资为 782,600 美元。主审法官 Kiyo A. Matsumoto 上周五裁定，检方不得向陪审团出示 Clase 欠税 50 万美元的证据，因为检方在举证期限过后数日才把这份材料交给辩方。（来源：美国司法部）
Trial Opens for Two Former Guardians Pitchers Charged in Pitch-Rigging Betting Scheme: Jury Selection Under Way, Month-Long Trial Expected
BROOKLYN, N.Y. — Brooklyn, in Kings County, New York, is one of New York City's five boroughs. On November 2, Cleveland Guardians pitchers Emmanuel Clase and Luis Ortiz went on trial at the federal courthouse in Brooklyn on charges that they rigged pitches to help gamblers bet profitably. According to the Associated Press, the two arrived in court in the morning and jury selection got under way; the trial is expected to last about a month, and several professional baseball players, including catchers, as well as baseball executives are expected to testify.
According to the AP, Clase, the Guardians' former closer, and Ortiz, a starter, have pleaded not guilty to conspiracy charges and are on non-disciplinary leave from the club without pay, with their careers and possibly their freedom at stake. The indictment alleges the pitchers accepted several thousand dollars in payoffs to help two gamblers from their native Dominican Republic win at least $460,000 on in-game prop bets on the speed and outcome of certain pitches.
Prosecutors allege Clase began providing bettors with information about his pitches in 2023 and recruited Ortiz into the scheme in 2025; Ortiz's lawyers unsuccessfully sought to have him tried separately from Clase. According to the AP, defense lawyers are expected to argue that the pitchers did not collude with gamblers and instead varied pitch placement strategically to fool batters.
The charges were first announced by the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of New York in November 2025. The indictment charges both men with four conspiracies: wire fraud conspiracy, honest services wire fraud conspiracy, conspiracy to influence sporting contests by bribery, and money laundering conspiracy. It alleges that Clase, by rigging pitches, caused his co-conspirator bettors to win at least $400,000, and that Ortiz agreed to throw balls on designated pitches in two games in June 2025, with bettors agreeing to pay Ortiz a $5,000 bribe and Clase $5,000 for arranging the first rigged pitch on June 15, and a $7,000 bribe for the second on June 27. Announcing the indictment, U.S. Attorney Joseph Nocella, Jr. said: 'As alleged, the defendants sold that trust to gamblers by fixing pitches.'
According to the AP, Clase, 28, is a three-time All-Star and two-time American League Reliever of the Year who had completed the fourth season of a $20 million, five-year contract when the charges were revealed in November 2025; Ortiz, 27, earned $782,600 as a Guardians starter in the 2025 season. On Friday, Judge Kiyo A. Matsumoto ruled that prosecutors cannot show the jury proof that Clase owed $500,000 in U.S. taxes, because they provided the evidence to defense lawyers several days earlier and long after the deadline to turn over evidence had passed. (Source: U.S. Department of Justice)
来源：美国司法部
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图片来源：图：位于纽约 Brooklyn 的美国联邦法院大楼（纽约东区），本案在此审理。Ajay Suresh 摄，CC BY 2.0，经 Wikimedia Commons。 / Photo: The U.S. Courthouse for the Eastern District of New York in Brooklyn, where the case is being tried. By Ajay Suresh, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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