Emmanuel Clase has been one of the best overall pitchers in baseball and has undisputedly been the best closer so far this decade. He was due to make $6.4M in 2026 with club options that were sure to be exercised for 27 and 28 that would pay him $10M/year.
When I say Clase has been good I mean he's been on a hall of fame path. At age 27, he has 136 more saves than MLB career leader and the only person to ever be unanimously voted into the Hall, Mariano Rivera, had the same age and his numbers have been superior to Rivera based on pretty much all metrics. Had he remained scandal free he'd be in line to receive the biggest contract ever given to a closer in MLB, that currently being $102 million over 5 years ($20.4M/year) when he would have become a free agent at age 30. He's thrown away would have likely been around $200M over the remainder of his playing career.
IT has been reported that bettors earned about $700K on the rigged pitches and Clase may have received around $15K in kickbacks.

Maybe Clase can hurry up and strike up a business agreement with Trump and get a pardon like Darryl Strawberry.

about a hundred maximum bets were made from Studio City, California, on Richard Hatch to win the original season of Survivor.
#8 | Posted by Danforth

There are people who vote on pro wrestling despite knowing it is all rigged.