By now, unless you are living under a rock (and, if so, props, pal, that sounds awesome), you have likely heard that Luis Ortiz and Emmanuel Clase are being indicted by the Department of Justice for their part in illegal sports betting while members of the Cleveland Guardians.
Here is a good breakdown from Tom Ley of the Defector. Kevin Dotson of CNN has a piece with responses from the players’ lawyers. Of course, you should always read Zack Meisel of the Athletic here and listen to him and T.J. Zuppe
talk about this news on the Selby is Godcast. Lots of good insights there.
I would personally enjoy if Pablo Torre, who is doing some of the better investigative journalism out there in sports, would spend some time looking at the issues with gambling in MLB. Maybe he’s working his way there:
So, this is a fun way to start the GM meetings, which begin today. A reminder that there are often times very few trades and moves at the GM meetings, as they just involve conversations setting up later moves. The meetings are in… wait for it… LAS VEGAS!!!! Anyway, here’s to spending more time talking about baseball soon instead of this depressing story.
Johnathan Rodriguez went 2 for 4 in Puerto Rico Winter League action last night.
