Troy Taormina-USA TODAY Sports
Major League Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred has handed out unprecedented penalties to the Astros for illegally stealing signs.
Astros general manager Jeff Luhnow and manager A.J. Hinch are both suspended through the 2020 World Series, and the club will receive a $5 million fine, the maximum allowed under MLB's constitution. Houston must also forfeit first- and second-round draft picks in both 2020 and 2021.
No players will be punished, and the league chose only to discipline those in positions of authority.
Red Sox manager Alex Cora, who served as Houston's bench coach in 2017, will be disciplined after MLB concludes its investigation into the Red Sox' alleged sign stealing in 2018.