Cleveland Guardians pitchers Emmanuel Clase and Luis Ortiz have been indicted on federal charges alleging they accepted bribes to rig individual pitches for gamblers. Clase, 28, considered one of baseball’s elite closers, allegedly began coordinating with bettors at the beginning of the 2025, using inside information on his own pitches and tipping off conspirators about
Where superstars Shohei Ohtani, Mookie Betts, Freddie Freeman and Teoscar Hernandez stumbled, bench player Miguel Rojas stepped up. The Dodgers Big Four had Rojas to thank for their champagne hangovers the morning after a dramatic World Series win over the Blue Jays. Down to their last two outs in the 9th inning of Game 7,
He’s a spark plug built like a fireplug. Listed at 5-foot-8 and 245 pounds, catcher Alejandro Kirk defied every conventional scouting stereotype to become a key contributor for the Toronto Blue Jays as they seek to dethrone the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 2025 World Series. On a team that boasts such clutch postseason hitters
Few players get to make a milestone home run cause for a double celebration, but Mets shortstop Francisco Lindor made the most of his walk-off blast against the St. Louis Cardinals a couple of weeks into the 2025 season. The upper-deck dinger on April 18 not only gave the Mets a dramatic 5-4 win, it
Aroldis Chapman’s performance in Game 1 of the American League Wild Card series between the Yankees and the Red Sox in the Bronx this week was a remarkable sight to behold. The Boston closer, enjoying one of the best seasons of his long and well-traveled career, somehow wriggled out of a no-out, based-loaded hole in
It’s a shame Jose Ramirez bowed out of the 2025 MLB All-Star Game, depriving baseball fans who don’t often get a glimpse of the smallish-market Cleveland Guardians to witness one of baseball’s most consistent stars in the midst of another strong year. A rare combination of switch-hitting power and speed, Ramirez decided to rest the
