Breaking: MLB suspends Houston Astros GM, manager for using technology to steal signs during their 2017 title run, one of the strictest penalties in baseball history
Houston Astros general manager Jeff Luhnow and field manager A.J. Hinch have both been suspended through the end of the 2020 season for their involvement in the illegal sign-stealing scandal that has consumed Major League Baseball for months.
MLB, which announced the penalties Monday afternoon, also docked the Astros’ first- and second-round picks in the 2020 and 2021 drafts and fined the organization $5 million, the highest allowable under the sport’s constitution. It’s one of the most severe penalties in baseball history,...
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