The Houston Astros fired Manager A.J. Hinch and General Manager Jeff Luhnow after Major League Baseball suspended them each for a year for a cheating scandal that involved stealing pitch signs during their World Series-winning 2017 season
- The Houston Astros fired Manager A.J. Hinch and General Manager Jeff Luhnow on Monday after Major League Baseball suspended them each for a year for a cheating scandal that involved stealing pitch signs from opposing catchers during their World Series-winning 2017 season.
“We need to move forward with a clean slate and the Astros will become a stronger organization because of this today,” said Crane. “You can be confident that we will always do the right thing and will not have this happen again on my watch.” MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred said Cora, who now manages the Boston Red Sox, “implicitly condoned” the Astros players’ conduct. He said MLB would withhold any disciplinary action against him until after completion of a separate investigation of allegations that the Red Sox engaged in sign-stealing in 2018, when they won the World Series in Cora’s first year as their manager.
“And while it is impossible to determine whether the conduct actually impacted the results on the field, the perception of some that it did causes significant harm to the game,” he added. “Many of the players who were interviewed admitted that they knew the scheme was wrong because it crossed the line from what the player believed was fair competition and/or violated MLB rules,” Manfred said.
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