Astros-Gate


Cheating scandal of 2017 World Series champion claims another victim

Teams are still being investigated in the electronic sign stealing scandal of the 2017 Houston Astros, but already we’ve seen the Astros lose their GM Jeff Luhnow and their field manager AJ Hinch. Wednesday, the Red Sox gave Alex Cora, their manager, the boot. Now the 3rd manager in as many days has been shown the door. This time, it affects the New York Mets as Carlos Beltran, a player at the time of the scandal, who was not disciplined as a result, has now been relieved of his duties as manager of the Mets just 2 months after he was hired and only 3 weeks before the start of spring training in Florida and Arizona. Unlike with Hinch and Cora, there was a pathway for Beltran to remain as manager of the Mets; but as a first-time manager, especially with his wealth of baseball IQ, it would be tough for him to answer all those questions about the scandal that would bombard him all year. If the Mets have success, he’d have to answer all those questions all year. This, in my opinion, is the MLB version of Watergate – the scandal that defeated Richard Nixon over 40 years ago.
Now, will the victims of this scandal rebound? I’d like to think so, especially Beltran. I’d like to see him return to the Mets as a manager or as a bench coach. But only time will tell whether the effects of Astros-Gate will have a bigger ripple effect on the league, especially the way we watch baseball.

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