What a joke of a punishment. Braves looks draft picks and international signing pool money

Jan 13, 2020
12:04:56pm

memento Playmaker

and their GM is banned for life for skirting international signing rules (which they shouldn't have done and should have been punishments) but if you cheat during the world series you only get a year suspension?

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Astros’ Manager AJ Hinch and GM Jeff Luhnow both suspended for 1 year from MLB

TCuz Rules Committee President

1/13/20 11:57am

hopefully that's not all, the team should lose some picks

JONBOY

1/13/20 11:59am

RE: hopefully that's not all, the team should lose some picks

Filiberto

1/13/20 12:00pm

Alex Cora next?

WhirleyPop

1/13/20 12:00pm

That's a good start, but there needs to be more like losing draft picks and

wabluecoug

1/13/20 12:00pm

What about a hard cap lower than other teams?

(Private)

1/14/20 12:54am

1 year seems light. Was hoping they'd get the full Jim Tressel.

joelvandyne

1/13/20 12:00pm

Astros also lose 1st and 2nd round picks in 2020 and 2021, fined $5M.

TCuz

1/13/20 12:00pm

Meh...one year. I don’t know why, but that doesn’t seem to harsh.

cougarfanatic

1/13/20 12:01pm

Nice to see them take it seriously...unlike Goodell with the Patriots.

cucciolo25

1/13/20 12:01pm

No penalty for Mets Manger Carlos Beltran. Penalty for Sox Manager Alex Cora still coming and will be harsh.

TCuz

1/13/20 12:02pm

Man, i already took back every nice thing I said about Hinch, but I feel dirty for ever liking him in the first place.

shimmy

1/13/20 12:04pm

Fuel your hatred again and watch him just 3 months ago dare someone to put their name on cheating accusations:

TCuz

1/13/20 12:09pm

Amazing. Between that and the spin rate bump they get from "acouting and analytics" i'm willing to believe anything now.

shimmy

1/13/20 12:13pm

They also claimed a cpap machine gave their reliever a 10mph velocity jump

wabluecoug

1/13/20 12:41pm

They don't even really try to hide the pine tar. Eno Sarris and Tervor Bauer basically busted them on that one.

shimmy

1/13/20 12:43pm

What a joke of a punishment. Braves looks draft picks and international signing pool money

memento

1/13/20 12:04pm

Didn't realize they lost 2 draft picks as well, but still seems light

memento

1/13/20 12:05pm

4 draft picks—two years of first and second round.

LosAlcoug

1/13/20 12:22pm

Fair, but 4 draft picks for the Astros vs 13 voided IFA signings and 1 lost draft pick for the Braves

memento

1/13/20 12:47pm

Voided entire year of IFA signings, still kept the penalty for going over IFA

BGRTHNUMEGO

1/13/20 1:16pm

Luhnow should be a lifetime ban.

purplmonkeydishwashr

1/13/20 12:05pm

Dang. I like Hinch a lot. Must have been some pretty damning stuff.

RSL

1/13/20 12:06pm

Loss of 4 1st & 2nd round draft picks is probably the bigger punishment.

OPINIONS

1/13/20 12:07pm

Really sucks when you're a fan of a team that lost to the cheating team in 7 games. Boo.

mulletino

1/13/20 12:07pm

Still not enough. These guys should've been given the Pete Rose treatment.

Ned Schneebly

1/13/20 12:10pm

What exactly did they do?

kotacoug

1/13/20 12:15pm

Whether they promoted it or turned a blind eye makes no difference to me

Ned Schneebly

1/13/20 2:05pm

Sorry, I read your comment as what part did they play in it

Ned Schneebly

1/13/20 2:07pm

Read MLB's findings for yourself here:

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