data-mm-id=”_17cbhof4z”>Major League Baseball imposed the long-awaited penalties on the Houston Astros on Monday following The Athletic's ground-breaking report of sign-stealing during their 2017 championship season. It's a doozy, with manager AJ Hinch receiving a one-year ban along with GM Jeff Luhnhow and the franchise receiving a $5 million fine, as well as losing first and second-round draft picks in 2020 and 2021. But the biggest punishment has yet to come. Red Sox manager Alex Cora was implicated in the initial report as the bench coach during the time the scandal occurred. But in a nine-page report released by MLB with the announced punishments, Cora was specifically named as the only non-player who had a hand in making everything happen. "Witnesses consistently d…