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One criticism of Major League Baseball's punishment for the Houston Astros revolved around none of the players being disciplined by commissioner Rob Manfred for their role in the cheating scandal.
In an interview with ESPN's Karl Ravech, Manfred explained that player discipline likely would have resulted in a grievance filing from the MLB Players Association because former Astros general manager Jeff Luhnow didn't relay a 2017 memo outlining the league's updated policy on technology use during games.
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