...on Friday when a New York judge ruled a letter sent by MLB commish Rob Manfred to the Yankees addressing the 2017 sign-stealing investigation must be unsealed.
The ruling came when daily fantasy sports players filed a lawsuit against the league after revelations of the sign-stealing scandal involving the Red Sox and Astros. The Yankees argued the letter would cause “significant reputational injury” but also said, “We’re not doing this to cover up some smoking gun.”
“There is no justification for public disclosure of the letter,” Jonathan Schiller, a lawyer representing the Yankees, said in a statement to The Athletic.