MLB suspended Astro manager AJ Hinch and general manager Jeff Luhnow for a year along with a 5 million dollar fine, and the loss of first and second round draft picks for this season and 2021. Not too long after Jim Crane, the owner, fired both of them for their parts in the cheating scandal of the 2017 season.
The suspensions didn't bother me I thought it was fair enough. But I was a little surprised to see them get fired. And then it went to Boston where the front office "fired" Alex Cora on account of that and the 2018 season with him as the Red Sox manager. MLB hasn't punished him, but if it's not a life ban, then it's bound to be a couple years.
Hinch has a lot of regret on not stopping the cheating. But it damages his reputation. He'll be back in a stadium, but it will take time. How long, that depends on how teams feel about bringing him on or if a team is willing to risk having him be a manager. Capable of getting wins. Luhnow is not going to be a GM for anybody on account of denying any involvement. You cheated, man. And I don't think Cora will ever be involved with a baseball team ever again. Two straight years of scandals and it brings his rep to the bottom. There is no way he will ever recover.
Some say the titles should be stripped. There is a thought that the Dodgers should be awarded the World Series trophies.That's not gonna accomplish anything. The damage is done. Rewriting history is not going to magically make Clayton Kershaw or Yu Darvish feel any better. But I would vacate the trophies. Houston and Boston would have to earn their championships without this electronic sign stealing.
This mess is far from over and the varied opinions regarding Mike Fiers telling the world about it is going to be a story for this 2020 season. Oakland vs Houston or Boston is going to be your weekend prime time games if they can squeeze them in that way.
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