Pokecheque wrote:
Apparently both Hinch and Luhnow have also been fired.
Why were no players punished? They had a big role to play in this too.
Apparently Manfred said that it was so broad in scope it's hard to determine just how many/much to suspend guys and a lot have moved on now to different teams, where it wouldn't exactly be fair to punish their teams when their teams had nothing to do with it.
The punishment is very clearly not enough. They'd go back and do it 100%. So would a lot of other teams if you'd ask if they'd give up what the Astros did to guarantee a championship. The max fine as per the CBA is apparently $5M, which needs to change.
The playoff revenue share and the Astros revenues from the game would be enormous. The players' share alone was over $30 million.
The late 1st and 2nd rounders might have a surplus value approaching $30 M total.
https://blogs.fangraphs.com/an-update-o ... aft-picks/They should have removed them from the international bonus pool for some years too, frankly.
They needed to be hit harder but if ownership wasn't found culpable and they shitcanned Hinch and Luhnow, how far can Manfred go and damage the Astros' future? Then you've got sponsors, TV agreements, all that stuff that if you damage the franchise, does that shit goes to the courts?
Overall, the Astros made out like fucking bandits in this thing.