The Los Angeles Dodgers dismissed interpreter Ippei Mizuhara following accusations of illegal gambling and theft.

Major League Baseball is conducting a thorough investigation into the allegations involving Mizuhara.

The IRS is also probing Mizuhara and a suspected bookmaker, Mathew Bowyer, for their roles in criminal activities.

Shohei Ohtani, unaffected by this issue in terms of his career, will not pitch this season due to surgery but will play as a designated hitter.

Mizuhara initially implicated Ohtani in the gambling debt issue but later recanted, asserting Ohtani was unaware and uninvolved.

The scandal is drawing significant attention and is viewed as the most substantial since Pete Rose's ban in 1989.