{"id":58930,"date":"2025-12-02T21:45:07","date_gmt":"2025-12-02T21:45:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/58930\/"},"modified":"2025-12-02T21:45:07","modified_gmt":"2025-12-02T21:45:07","slug":"mlb-pitchers-emmanuel-clase-luis-ortiz-make-first-joint-nyc-court-appearance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/58930\/","title":{"rendered":"MLB pitchers Emmanuel Clase, Luis Ortiz make first joint NYC court appearance"},"content":{"rendered":"

A pair of disgraced MLB pitchers charged in a bombshell sports betting scandal had nothing to say to each other during their first Brooklyn court appearance together Tuesday \u2014 and had to be told to shake hands.<\/p>\n

Former Cleveland Guardians\u2019 hurlers Emmanuel Clase and Luis Ortiz arrived in federal court separately to face charges of tipping off bettors on what pitches they would throw<\/a> in specific game situations, allegedly allowing the gamblers to wager on the pitch with prior knowledge.<\/p>\n

Disgraced Cleveland Guardians pitcher Emmanuel Clase arrives in Brooklyn federal court for his fraud case Tuesday. Gregory P. Mango<\/p>\n

Fellow former Guardians hurler Luis Ortiz gets to court separately. Gregory P. Mango<\/p>\n

Clase was one of baseball\u2019s premier relievers before being implicated in the betting scandal. Getty Images<\/p>\n

The ex-teammates declined to speak to reporters \u2014 or each other. Their lawyers finally instructed them to share what amounted to a chilly handshake in front of the judge.<\/p>\n

Clase, who wore a casual gray suit, and Ortiz, draped in black, have pleaded not guilty to the charges. Both are out on bail pending trial.<\/p>\n

Federal Judge Kiyo Matsumoto ordered both men to return to court Jan. 15 and tentatively set May 4 for jury selection to being, with the trial expected to begin May 11.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A pair of disgraced MLB pitchers charged in a bombshell sports betting scandal had nothing to say to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":58931,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[11827,448,20315,10429,22022,57,9,56,63,65,64,6115,58],"class_list":["post-58930","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york-city","tag-brooklyn-federal-court","tag-cleveland-guardians","tag-emmanuel-clase","tag-gambling","tag-luis-ortiz","tag-metro","tag-new-york","tag-ny","tag-nyc","tag-nyc-headlines","tag-nyc-news","tag-sports-betting","tag-us-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58930","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=58930"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58930\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/58931"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=58930"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=58930"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=58930"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}