ESPN.com · Nov 6
Ex-Guardians catcher Naylor: Nothing unusual about Clase, Ortiz pitches
NEW YORK -- Former Cleveland Guardians catcher Bo Naylor said Thursday during the second day of witness testimony in a federal gambling trial that he didn't think there was anything unusual about the pitches Emmanuel Clase or Luis Ortiz are accused of rigging to benefit bettors.
Naylor, a defense witness, was shown video replays of some of the pitches the government alleges were predetermined by Clase or Ortiz as part of the scheme. Naylor was behind the plate for many of them and said they looked like common sliders outside the strike zone. He said the scouting reports on the hitters Ortiz faced during the two pitches in question indicated that sliders low and away would be a "weapon."