OT: Red Sox sign stealing penalty

[HooperScooper]

After 4 months of investigation that's it? I guess they didn't find much with those weak penalties. What exactly did MLB find? The players vehemently denied any wrongdoing. I guess they were right.

Red Sox stripped of pick; Cora, staffer suspended

MLB on Wednesday handed down its punishment in the Red Sox sign-stealing case, suspending replay operator J.T. Watkins one year and docking the team a second-round draft pick. Former manager Alex Cora was suspended for his role in the Astros scandal.

www.espn.com

 

[Chin Diesel]

So Watkins was using real time game day film to augment the permissible scouting film already developed?

 

[temery]

Red Sox stripped of draft pick, Cora suspended for 2020

The Boston Red Sox were stripped of their second-round pick in this year’s amateur draft by Major League Baseball for breaking video rules in 2018. Former manager Alex Cora was also suspended…

www.wwlp.com

 

[Hey Adrien!]

Both the Astros and Red Sox penalties are incredibly weak. This will not deter teams from doing this in the future.

 

[Chin Diesel]

Red Sox stripped of draft pick, Cora suspended for 2020

The Boston Red Sox were stripped of their second-round pick in this year’s amateur draft by Major League Baseball for breaking video rules in 2018. Former manager Alex Cora was also suspended…

www.wwlp.com

With Cora's suspension strictly for what he did in Houston?

 

[BleedHuskyBlu]

Filthy Red Sox cheaters get off scot free. I mean they wouldve been in the bottom of the AL east anyways looking up at the Yankees but still

 

[Yankees32123]

Delayed season is the best thing that could have ever happened for the Astros and Red Sox. For PR and penalty purposes.

 

[temery]

With Cora's suspension strictly for what he did in Houston?

Don't really care, but the rule is stupid.

 

[mauconnfan]

Very weak, don't get it. They were the Astro's but get away with hardly a peep. It doesn't really matter if they don't penalize those who knew and took advantage at all then it was all worthless. Or let everyone know what pitch is coming vs them to see how it feels.

 

[Dream Jobbed 2.0]

With Cora's suspension strictly for what he did in Houston?

Yes

 

[the Q]

Delayed season is the best thing that could have ever happened for the Astros and Red Sox. For PR and penalty purposes.

Actually in a 5-10 round draft, the penalties are much stronger than in a normal year.

 

[Scoe]

Not surprised at all after the Astros got a slap on the wrist.

 

[Scoe]

Delayed season is the best thing that could have ever happened for the Astros and Red Sox. For PR and penalty purposes.

Teams and fans won't forget.

 

[gampelcrazies]

Shouldn't even be that much. If people read the report there really isn't much on the Sox. It feels like Manfred had to find something just so it looks like they did something. In no way should the 2018 Red Sox be classed together with the 2017 Astros.

 

[Chin Diesel]

Very weak, don't get it. They were the Astro's but get away with hardly a peep. It doesn't really matter if they don't penalize those who knew and took advantage at all then it was all worthless. Or let everyone know what pitch is coming vs them to see how it feels.

How were they the Astros?

 

[uconngb]

Shouldn't even be that much. If people read the report there really isn't much on the Sox. It feels like Manfred had to find something just so it looks like they did something. In no way should the 2018 Red Sox be classed together with the 2017 Astros.

Don’t tell that to the whining Yankee fans

 

[jkfer98]

Are people really that dense where they can’t see the difference between what the Astros and the Red Sox did? Yikes.

 

[tentoes4rings]

How were they the Astros?

Because he’s Mau and he hates the Red Sox?

 

[StllH8L8ner]

I'm no Sox fan but but there were no banging trash cans and guys throwing up signs in the bullpen. The Astros antics were disgraceful and I think what makes it even worse was how douchy they were about it. The home/road splits were a joke in the playoffs, Bregman is turd and I'm convinced that Altuve had something going on under his jersey when he hit that HR off Chapman. Guy hits a walkoff HR against one of the best closers in baseball in a playoff game and all he could think about was his jersey getting ripped off? There's no hard evidence (other than the rest of the cheating, so hey, why not raise the bar?) but it just reeks of guilt.

 

[Huskybass]

Because he’s Mau and he hates the Red Sox?

Captain hissyfit.

 

[Peacefrog]

Yeah, the infractions seem to constitute a big nothing-burger. Not even close to what the Astros did. The penalties are more than sufficient. Given the consistent insistence by everyone associated with the Sox I was interested to see if there really wasn't anything there. And apparently there wasn't.

 

[mauconnfan]

How were they the Astros?

Did the same thing with the same leader!

 

[mauconnfan]

Because he’s Mau and he hates the Red Sox?

Yeah that’s it lol it’s not because they cheated? Lol oh and your manager got fired and suspended please show me where he went kicking and screaming

I will wait?

Oh yeah the only thing you get right is I hate the Red Sox. Good read.

 

[tentoes4rings]

Yeah that’s it lol it’s not because they cheated? Lol oh and your manager got fired and suspended please show me where he went kicking and screaming

I will wait?

Oh yeah the only thing you get right is I hate the Red Sox. Good read.

He got suspended for what he did in Houston! Maybe you didn’t read Manfred’s findings. Red Sox weren’t completely clean here but I refuse to hear any fan of a team that employed Alex Rodriguez for 12 years get all holier than thou and talk about other teams cheating.

 

[August_West]

Filthy Red Sox cheaters get off scot free. I mean they wouldve been in the bottom of the AL east anyways looking up at the Yankees but still

Post like it’s 1927. You sound triggered.