After months of waiting, MLB came out of nowhere on Wednesday afternoon and dropped the punishment for the Red Sox and their alleged 2018 sign-stealing scheme. It was pretty clear from the beginning that it wasn’t as bad as the Astros scheme, but there’s an argument to be made that when it comes to cheating that degree isn’t that big of a factor. That’s especially true when the team has already been warned for this sort of thing. I say that because those were the reasons we were bracing for a relatively large penalty, but the report came out with very little dirt to find and the Red Sox were hit fairly lightly.
Scattered thoughts on the final verdict in the sign-stealing case
