Major League Baseball has opened a formal investigation into the main figure of the Los Angeles Dodgers, the Japanese Shohei Ohtani. The Japanese pitcher, one of the great stars of the sport, was left in the eye of the storm.
His lawyers claim that he was the victim of a "massive robbery" MLB rules prohibit players and team employees from betting, even legally, on baseball and also prohibit betting on other sports with illegal or offshore sportsbooks. It is the biggest betting scandal in baseball since Pete Rose accepted a lifetime ban in 1989.