https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/mlb/2020/01/10/houston-astros-cheating-sign-stealing-punishment/4427714002/

Sounds like the punishment is gonna be huge...fines, suspensions, loss of draft picks, and two weeks locked in a room reading Joe Orr's baseball thoughts.

Houston Astros general manager Jeff Luhnow and manager AJ Hinch have each been suspended for one year as part of Major League Baseball's ruling in the team's sign-stealing controversy, according to Jeff Passan of ESPN.

The organization has also been fined $5 million and will forfeit its first- and second-round picks in 2020 and 2021, according to Ken Rosenthal and Evan Drellich of The Athletic.

Former Astros assistant GM Brandon Taubman has also been placed on baseball's ineligible list.

Boston Red Sox manager Alex Cora will face "harsh" punishment as well for his role as a bench coach on the 2017 team, although New York Mets manager Carlos Beltran will not be disciplined, nor will any player on the Astros.

It's more fun to be a victim

There will never be an effective vaccine. I'll never get one anyway.

It's more fun to be a victim

There will never be an effective vaccine. I'll never get one anyway.

Lost 1st and 2nd rounders for next two years. The Ryan Pace death penalty.

Laurence Holmes is a fucking weirdo, a nerd in denial, and a wannabe. Not a very good radio host either.

Punish Houston but slap the Red Sox on the wrist.

Damn.

Not brutal at all. Manfred confirms the stole signs all through the postseason. They're damn lucky they don't vacate their championship

Laurence Holmes is a fucking weirdo, a nerd in denial, and a wannabe. Not a very good radio host either.

Not brutal at all. Manfred confirms the stole signs all through the postseason. They're damn lucky they don't vacate their championship

I am not a legal expert, how many times do I have to say it?

Still don't understand, how that Atlanta GM got banned for life, and these dipshits got 1yr...

I think that the punishment is about right. It is severe with more coming, namely to Cora. This will also place an asterisk on their pennant and World Series wins. I never liked Joey Cora. He's always been a punk and he needs to be banned for a year also.

It's more fun to be a victim

There will never be an effective vaccine. I'll never get one anyway.

I don't think this is a big deal at all. Players have been stealing signs for the entire history of the game. If you don't want other teams stealing your signs, get more complex signs.

I don't think the Red Sox thing is come down yet. What was mentioned today was when Cora was with Houston.

I don't think this is a big deal at all. Players have been stealing signs for the entire history of the game. If you don't want other teams stealing your signs, get more complex signs.

There is not a damned thing wrong with people who are bull shitters.

I think there's a big difference between a runner at second grabbing signs and an electronic system that utilizes cameras/technology.

It's more fun to be a victim

There will never be an effective vaccine. I'll never get one anyway.

I think that the punishment is about right. It is severe with more coming, namely to Cora. This will also place an asterisk on their pennant and World Series wins. I never liked Joey Cora. He's always been a punk and he needs to be banned for at least a year and probably more also.

Our hotel smelled like dead hooker vagina (before you ask I had gotten a detailed description from beardown)

What did Joey Cora do?

It's more fun to be a victim

There will never be an effective vaccine. I'll never get one anyway.

I think there's a big difference between a runner at second grabbing signs and an electronic system that utilizes cameras/technology.

What did Joey Cora do?

I don't think this is a big deal at all. Players have been stealing signs for the entire history of the game. If you don't want other teams stealing your signs, get more complex signs.