Former Houston Astors manager AJ Hinch and general manager Jeff Luhnow will satisfy their one-year suspensions even if the 2020 MLB season is canceled in its entirety, according to ESPN's Buster Olney.
On Jan. 13, commissioner Rob Manfred handed down unprecedented punishments, leveling one-year suspensions, as a result of MLB's investigation into the Astros' sign-stealing practices in the 2017 and 2018 seasons.
Both Hinch and Luhnow were subsequently fired by Astros owner Jim Crane an hour after the report was released.
Per ESPN, because their respective suspensions are linked to the end of the 2020 postseason rather than a specific number of games, the two would be eligible to return to the sport in the 2021 season.