Claims extracted
17
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
18%
3 of 17 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
not political
takes no side on a contested political question
Publisher signals
60/100
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Sports
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Former Cleveland Guardians pitchers Emmanuel Clase and Luis Ortiz go on trial on Monday on charges of accepting bribes after colluding with gamblers who made hundreds of thousands of dollars by betting correctly on individual pitches in Major League Baseball (MLB) in the United States.
asserted
who → go → States
Their careers and possibly their freedom are at stake in the jury trial expected to unfold over the next month in New York’s Brooklyn federal court.
uncertain
careers → expect → court
Several professional baseball players, including catchers and baseball executives, are among witnesses expected to testify.
asserted
players → include → witnesses
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Who → leave → flame
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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 while their fate is determined.
asserted
fate → reclaim → pay
According to an indictment, the pitchers accepted thousands of 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.
uncertain
gamblers → accord → pitches
Prosecutors allege that Clase began providing the betters with information about his pitches in 2023 and recruited Ortiz into the scheme in 2025.
asserted
Clase → allege → 2025
Ortiz’s lawyers unsuccessfully sought to have him tried separately from Clase.
asserted
lawyers → seek → Clase
Judge Kiyo A Matsumoto said at a conference last Friday that she hopes to complete jury selection quickly enough that lawyers can deliver relatively short opening statements in the afternoon.
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lawyers → say → afternoon
Clase, 28, is a three-time All-Star and two-time American League Reliever of the Year who had completed his fourth season of a $20m, five-year contract when charges against the pitchers were revealed in November 2025.
asserted
charges → complete → November
Ortiz, 27, had earned $782,600 as a starting pitcher for the Guardians during the 2025 season.
asserted
Ortiz → earn → season
The pitchers have been charged with wire fraud conspiracy, honest services wire fraud conspiracy, money laundering conspiracy and conspiracy to influence sporting contests by bribery.
asserted
pitchers → charge → bribery
Defence lawyers are expected to argue that the pitchers did not collude with gamblers and instead were varying the placement of pitches strategically to fool batters.
asserted
pitchers → expect → batters
On Friday, the judge ruled that prosecutors cannot show the jury proof that Clase owed $500,000 in US taxes because they had only provided the evidence to defence lawyers several days earlier and long after a deadline had passed to turn over evidence to their adversaries.
asserted
deadline → rule → adversaries
A prosecutor had argued that the government wanted to put the evidence in the trial to offset any claim by Clase’s lawyers that he had no incentive to collude with gamblers because he had several million dollars in financial accounts in the Dominican Republic.
uncertain
he → argue → Republic
MLB and the Guardians have said they have fully cooperated with authorities.
asserted
they → say → authorities
MLB said it contacted federal law enforcement when it began investigating unusual betting activity.
asserted
it → say → activity
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