Powell has basically become the player that we thought Powell might be a trade chip to acquire this season. He's an efficient wing scorer who can shoot the lights out and create his own offense against bench units.
Went out of his way to retain a very thin plausible deniability that in full daylight is utterly implausible. Congratulations you just played yourself.
Luhnow saying he didn’t know about the trashcan is like a Nazi general saying he didn’t know about the holocaust. It’s not at all plausible, but even if it’s somehow true, he’s still responsible.
During their year-long suspension, neither A.J. Hinch nor Jeff Luhnow is allowed to attend spring training or attend any major/minor league stadiums affiliated with the Astros. If they do so, they will be put on the permanently ineligible list
How do you just get to a point as a pro sports team where you decide that you're going to have a huge conspiracy to cheat on a large scale? That's f***ed. And it's so idiotic too, to think that you will be able to keep that under wraps forever. Luhnow probably should have been banned for life.
Losing those draft picks is huge. I hope the Red Sox are similarly punished after investigation. I'm not sure how these suspensions will work in practice or how they might be enforced.