Luis Ortiz is currently on paid leave as Major League Baseball investigates gambling allegations against the Cleveland Guardians pitcher. It turns out the investigation was prompted by two individual pitches.
According to ESPN's Jeff Passan and David Purdum, betting integrity firm IC360 sent an alert to sportsbook operators about Ortiz in June.
From Passan's report:
Bets in Ohio, New York and New Jersey were flagged in the alert. Some sportsbooks allow betting on the result of first piches in a given inning.
Jomboy Media found video of the two pitches, both miss the strike zone by a mile.
Ortiz is currently on "non-disciplinary paid leave" through July 17 while MLB investigates the allegations.






