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Rob Manfred: MLB Reviewing Astros' Handling of Brandon Taubman Incident

Major League Baseball will continue its investigation into the Houston Astros' handling of the situation involving former assistant general manager Brandon Taubman.

Per ESPN's Bradford Doolittle, MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred announced the league will have conversations with the Astros.

"I will say that there are a variety of issues," he said. "I'm not going to narrow the statement. We're going to continue to review the situation, have conversations with [Astros owner Jim] Crane. It's one thing to comment and investigate for 24 hours on a specific incident."

Taubman was fired by the Astros on Thursday in the wake of a story from Sports Illustrated'sStephanie Apstein that detailed him turning to a group of female reporters during the team's celebration after clinching the ALCS and shouting, "Thank God we got Osuna!