Sources: Guardians' Luis Ortiz subject of gambling investigation

[metirish]

This is wild



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BREAKING: Cleveland Guardians right-hander Luis Ortiz is being investigated for two individual pitches -- one June 15, another June 27 -- that received action flagged by a betting-integrity firm, sources tell me and @DavidPurdum. Details free at ESPN:

[kcmets]

It is wild, but totally not unexpected.

[ashie62]

That is literally tipping your pitches



MLB players make big bucks so I don't quite understand this. I hope Ortiz's family was not threatened



Tyrese Halliburton of the Pacers said this past season one of the reasons he went into therapy was that his friends and acquaintances only saw him as a "prop" to be bet on. Pretty sad

[Frayed Knot]

It's also why the mantra from Rose supporters of, 'Well he only bet on his team to win', holds no water with me.