Witness: Clase 'inside' pitch info dried up amid Mizuhara case fallout

A witness testified that inside information he received about Emmanuel Clase's pitches dried up following heightened scrutiny stemming from the Ippei Mizuhara gambling scandal connected to Shohei Ohtani. The witness had reportedly been using pitch-tipping information to place bets on Clase, a Cleveland Guardians pitcher, but said the increased attention on baseball gambling shut down his source. The case highlights ongoing fallout from the Mizuhara scandal, which originally exposed illegal gambling activity tied to Ohtani's former interpreter.