MLB commissioner Rob Manfred has handed out the penalties: fining the Astros $5 million, taking away their first- and second-round draft picks in the next two years and suspending Houston manager A.J. Hinch and general manager Jeff Luhnow for one year. Astros owner Jim Crane then fired Hinch and Luhnow and the team has since hired new leadership.
But almost everyone is upset because none of the players involved have been suspended, especially since the investigation determined that it was a player-driven scheme. The players were offered immunity so MLB could get to the bottom of the cheating scandal. The commissioner wanted to fully understand what they did and how they did it. An investigation without immunity would not have provided the details of the cheating and players still wouldn’t have been able to be suspended. Manfred made the right decision.
StevePhillipsGM No StevePhillipsGM you are wrong. Manfred took the path of least resistance because he is weak. It would be a much better look for MLB if they went after the players and the MLBPA blocked punishment. Giving the players immunity was his first mistake.
StevePhillipsGM StevePhillipsGM your articles about the Astros cheating scandal are as much of a joke as the MLB. FireManfred
StevePhillipsGM There’s no way the Players Union would ever allow players to be suspended. It may well be the most powerful union on the planet. As for stripping the title this could still happen if there is something stronger than a bulging shirt picture & meme that surfaces for buzzards
StevePhillipsGM It’s simple, they cheated, they won because of it, they got caught, take away their title. Why would you reward or condone this behaviour.n
StevePhillipsGM Done everything right eh StevePhillipsGM ? he mocked jareddiamond for reporting on the story that lead to the investigation, and basically said he (Manfred) should be praised for not burying the information. You want congratulations for doing your job? Retract the title NOW
StevePhillipsGM Magine being the commissioner of a league and calling the trophy players lay their bodies on the line for, and the reason they're away from ther families most of the time and simply 'a piece of metal'. He has botched this whole thing in multiple ways
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