How deep has the Houston Astros’ sign-stealing endeavor affected Major League Baseball? The rippling effects are endless, it seems. The New York Mets’ 2020 season has already been disrupted as their newly hired manager, Carlos Beltran, was let go after being identified as the ‘Godfather’ of the scheme.
The Met shave replaced Beltran with Luis Rojas, an up-and-coming managerial candidate but not the one they had hoped to compete with this season and beyond.
But there are others who have felt the sting of the cheating scandal. Mets’ reliever Seth Lugo claims that the Astros scam during a game in 2017 cost him a potential role in the Mets’ 2018 starting rotation.