The story began when a report by Jon Wertheim of Sports Illustrated wrote a piece breaking down some shady findings within Major League Baseball. The report included screenshots of a 2015 email exchange between major league executives and more evidence found by the Department of Justice and an FBI probe launched specifically to investigate the MLB. The article specifically names the Dodgers.
“While both the league office and other teams are mentioned in the files obtained by SI, the Los Angeles Dodgers, a franchise with extensive scouting and development operations in the Caribbean, figure most prominently in the dossier,” wrote Wertheim.