Andy Pages returned to the Dodgers Tuesday after more than a month out recovering from surgery on a fractured left hand. Prosecutors list a 2025 pitch he faced as the latest of 18 pitches in the gambling case involving Guardians closer Emmanuel Clase; Pages is not accused.
Prosecutors allege Clase and teammate Luis Ortiz gave others advance information on pitch velocity and results, which recipients bet on. Pages faced the listed pitch in the ninth inning of a May 28, 2025, game the Dodgers lost by three runs in Cleveland; he swung and missed, turning a pitch Clase allegedly intended as a ball into a strike.
Jury selection is expected to begin in November. The U.S. Attorney’s Office says that, if convicted, each defendant faces maximum terms of 20 years on the wire-fraud, honest-services wire-fraud and money-laundering conspiracy counts, and five years on the conspiracy to influence sporting contests by bribery count.
