Shock career smash salary 9.3 billion, match fixing stupid because of just 600 million...Expecting a maximum sentence of 65 years
Nov 11, 2025
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It's a small detective's office. Immanuel Clase (Claude Guardians), one of the top finishers in the U.S. Major League Baseball, is on the verge of career suspension due to his participation in match fixing. Clase, along with fellow Cleveland pitcher Luis Otis, was recently indicted by U.S. federal prosecutors on sports gambling charges.
According to local media reports, including the U.S. sports media 'The Athletic', the two players participated in game manipulation by receiving money from gamblers and raising or lowering the speed of certain pitches during the game. He also intentionally threw it out of the strike zone to increase the winning rate of bets. Clase is even accused of sending money to a place to bet on his behalf.
Clase and Otis were already suspended in July, and related investigations were ongoing. The two players from the Dominican Republic participated in the Winter League and continued pitching when they were unable to play in the Major League.
Otis was arrested by the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) at Logan International Airport in Boston on the 10th (Korea time), and appeared in Boston Federal Court on the 11th and was released on bail of $500,000 (about 700 million won). Clase is known to be currently staying in his hometown of the Dominican Republic.
Clase reportedly began game-fixing in 2023.
The Athletic is believed to have been involved in match-fixing since the beginning of this season, with "1Clase" believed to have begun to engage in problematic behavior around May 2023. He has been charged with conspiracy to commit fraud, conspiracy to commit money laundering and conspiracy to manipulate the results of sporting events,' the report said.
It is painful to see Clase, who deserved his reputation as the best finishing pitcher in the big league. Clase made his big league debut for the Texas Rangers in 2019, and began establishing himself as a must-win group in Cleveland in 2021. Last year, he had an incredible 74 games, 47 saves, 74 ⅓ innings and an ERA of 0.61. His overall big league performance is 366 games, 21-26, 182 saves, 360 innings, and a 1.88 ERA.
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Clase was born in 1998 and Otis was born in 1999, but a moment of misjudgment put a major league career on the verge of never dreaming again.
The Athletic said 'If convicted, the two pitchers must spend up to 65 years in prison. It's illegal, but it was an incredibly stupid gamble. Clase was scheduled to receive an annual salary of 6.4 million dollars (about 9.3 billion won) in 2026, and Otis was scheduled to receive an increase in the amount before mediation from 782,600 dollars (about 1.1 billion won) this year. It is not known exactly how much the two players would have earned from the match-fixing, but it is certainly less than the $460,000 (about 600 million won) reportedly earned from betting, he explained.
Clase made a silly decision even though he had enough potential to sign a bigger contract as an FA in the future rather than a match fixing.
Sports gambling is legal in the United States, but the Major League Baseball Secretariat strictly prohibits betting by league members.
According to Article 21 of the Major League Convention, players, referees, clubs, and Major League officials will be permanently disqualified if they bet on their team's game. Betting on other team matches will result in a one-year suspension.
Shocked by the Clase incident, the Major League Secretariat decided on the 11th to limit the maximum betting amount for each pitch to $200 (about 290,000 won) and to exclude it from compound betting. Agreed with authorized betting companies" the release said.
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This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
