On Wednesday, the much anticipated Red Sox punishment from their 2018 cheating scandal was handed down by MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred. The Red Sox lost their 2020 second round pick, and banned replay operator JT Watkins through the 2020 playoffs. That’s it.
The ban of their manager Alex Cora will still exist for this season, but Manfred made it clear that is for Cora’s involvement in the Astros cheating scandal, not Boston’s.
Then there is the fact this was the second cheating scandal the Red Sox were involved with in a three year span...