NEW YORK (AP) — The Boston Red Sox have removed the interim tag from manager Ron Roenicke’s title.
The move comes after Major League Baseball announced its penalties against the organization for sign stealing in 2018. The Red Sox were stripped of their second-round pick in this year’s amateur draft, and team replay operator J.T. Watkins received a ban through the 2020 playoffs.
Former manager Alex Cora also remains suspended through the 2020 postseason for his previous conduct as the bench coach for the Houston Astros.
Cora was fired by the Red Sox in January, when MLB released its penalties against the Astros for their sign-stealing scandal.