The brewing scandal hit this week as Ohtani and the Dodgers faced the San Diego Padres in Seoul for a series to open the season.
began a formal investigation Friday , the longtime interpreter of , who was fired by the this week amid conflicting stories about money paid for gambling debts. Commissioner Rob Manfred’s office said in a statement that the league had begun its formal process through its investigations department. “Major League Baseball has been gathering information since we learned about the allegations,” from news reports, the statement said.
, a spokesman for Ohtani recanted the account and said that Ohtani had not been aware of Mizuhara’s gambling activity. that the IRS was criminally investigating Mizuhara. And Ohtani’s representatives told said it reached out to Ohtani’s agent, Nez Balelo, with evidence of Ohtani’s wire transfers on Monday afternoon . Within hours, the newly hired crisis communications manager responded to
in an interview on Tuesday night that he met Mathew Bowyer, the bookmaker currently under federal investigation, at a San Diego poker game in 2021. , a Braves infielder who was teammates with Ohtani on the , was in attendance. Fletcher told said. Following the Dodgers’ season opening win in Seoul, Mizuhara and team owner Mark Walter addressed the situation with the team before the news broke publicly. The Ohtani spokesman told
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