Cheating Astros GM and Manager suspended 1 year

[Jack Lantern]

Houston Astros GM Jeff Luhnow and manager AJ Hinch have been suspended for one year after an MLB investigation found the team used technology to cheat during its World Series-winning 2017 season, it was announced Monday.

Additionally, MLB will fine the Astros $5 million and take away their first- and second-round draft picks in the 2020 and 2021 drafts, sources tell Passan.

No players were disciplined by MLB in the Astros' investigation. While Mets manager Carlos Beltran was part of it, he was a player at the time and thus was not suspended.

Discipline for Red Sox manager Alex Cora is coming and is going to be harsh, sources tell ESPN.

Astros' Luhnow, Hinch fired after MLB gives ban

Astros GM Jeff Luhnow and manager AJ Hinch were fired Monday after MLB issued one-season suspensions for their roles in a sign-stealing scheme.

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Cheaters!

 

[knoxville7]

Loss of 1st and 2nd round picks back to back years hurts the most out of it all

 

[Castor76]

Not as bad as I would have given them, but still pretty harsh.

 

[Jack Lantern]

Looks like Alex Cora is next. Red Sox are going to take an unwanted PR hit.

The Cubs had David Ross and Astros bench coach Joe Espada as the final 2 during their managerial search...it's good they went with Ross.

 

[knoxville7]

Astros now just fired hinch and the gm

 

[zack54attack]

AND #Fired

 

[Jack Lantern]

Astros now just fired hinch and the gm

Nice. They will be out of MLB forever. No organization is going to want to take the unwanted PR hit when they come off their 1 year suspensions.

 

[Jack Lantern]

Time for the Red Sox to find a new manager......

After initially using video-replay personnel to decode the opposing catcher's signs via a center-field camera and relaying the information to the bench via phone or text message, Cora "arranged for a video room technician to install a monitor displaying the center field camera feed immediately outside of the Astros' dugout," according to the report. Players watched the camera live and, upon decoding the sign, hit the trash can with a bat -- and sometimes a Theragun -- to signal to the hitter which pitch was coming. Initially, they had tried clapping, whistling or yelling, Manfred wrote, but players determined the trash can was the best use of relaying the sign.

While the banging scheme was discontinued before the 2018 season, Manfred wrote, "the Astros' replay review room staff continued, at least for part of the 2018 season, to decode signs using the live center field camera feed, and to transmit the signs to the dugout through in-person communication.

 

[CSF77]

Sad that AL teams have to cheat to win a WS.

 

[Diehardfan]

Sad that AL teams have to cheat to win a WS.

What's worse is that the Astros were talented enough to win it all anyway.....

 

[Jack Lantern]

Sad that AL teams have to cheat to win a WS.

It's so great the Nationals pulled it out this year. Had the Astros won again, MLB would have had a shit storm on their hands.

 

[fatbeard]

I would've added a one or two year postseason ban as well, but I'm actually impressed MLB came down as hard as they did. That's a real punishment.

 

[Jack Lantern]

Away games for the Astros are going to be full of Heckler trolls, lol

They have to hire a veteran manager, a rook manager won't be able to handle the upcoming media and fan onslaught.

 

[Gustavus Adolphus]

Ban them all.

 

[fatbeard]

Also, they really should have that title vacated.

 

[TL1961]

What's worse is that the Astros were talented enough to win it all anyway.....

They went to Game 7 while cheating. I am not going to assume they win if they didn’t.

But they owe Yu Darvish an apology ?

“Tipping his pitches”? Maybe if you have an OF camera!

 

[TL1961]

I am in favor of this punishment.

But looking back, why did Cards get so little for having access to Astros data for over two years?

Why is that considered “nothing”?

 

[Jack Lantern]

Also, they really should have that title vacated.

Was thinking same thing, NCAA does it. Could you imagine the shit storm had the Astros won it again last year?

 

[WestCoastBearsFan]

Not harsh enough. Take their fucking rings and give the brains behind this lifers. If Pete Rose can get a lifer so can these fuckers.

 

[fatbeard]

Not harsh enough. Take their fucking rings and give the brains behind this lifers. If Pete Rose can get a lifer so can these fuckers.

I think most people recognize that Rose's punishment was grossly disproportionate and unfair.