Brandon Taubman was fired this afternoon. The Astros released a statement. The release is in italics, I'm leaving paragraphs in full, and I'm going to pepper in some thoughts. If this is an unwelcome issue for you, or you think I'm not qualified to do so, then feel free to leave a comment below (wink).
During the past two days, the Astros proactively assisted Major League Baseball in interviewing Astros employees as part of MLB's investigation of the events published in the recent Sports Illustrated article. Major League Baseball also separately interviewed members of the media over the past 24 hours.