But the ramifications of the ruling so far will have repercussions into the forseeable future, to the Marlins and every other team. To wit, Houston Astros General Manager Jeff Luhnow and manager AJ Hinch were terminated after a League investigation confirmed the Astros had cheated during 2017 and 2018.
Astros owner Jim Crane was blunt with his assessment and explanation:
Neither one of them started this, but neither one of them did anything about it. We need to move forward with a clean slate.
The investigation confirmed that the Astros used a camera-based system both during the regular season and the playoffs in order to steal signs from the opposing catcher, and relay that information to the batter by “banging on garbage cans.