Major League Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred fined the New York Yankees $ 100,000 for using a cave phone to provide information on the opposing team’s signals during the 2015 season and part of the 2016 season.
The fine was revealed on September 14, 2017, a letter from Manfred to Yankees general manager Brian Cashman. The letter will be revealed to the New York federal district court this week as part of a lawsuit against a fan, which was dismissed.
The content of the message was originally reported on Tuesday by SNY Network. The Associated Press got access to the message.
The Major League Baseball team reported that the fine was imposed for violating the rules of phone use in the bunker, but made it clear that the Yankees were not using electronic devices to steal signals, a more serious offense than in January 2020. brought to the Astros de Houston was fined $ 5 million.
The offense also led to a one-year suspension for Astros manager AJ Hinch and general manager Jeff Luhnow. Both were fired from the team during the 2017 season.
On September 15, 2017, Manfred announced that he had fined the Yankees for violating a rule on the use of the telephone in the bunker, but did not investigate the violation or disclose the amount of the fine.
At the same time, the Red Sox were then fined for sending electronic communications from the video playback room to the action world of the bunker.
In the letter, Manfred said the Yankees filed a formal complaint with the baseball investigative department on August 23, 2017. They then claimed that the Red Sox used a smartwatch to send information to players.
During the investigation, one individual, whose name is hidden on a copy of the letter to be released, said: “The Yankees used a trick similar to the Red Sox to decode opposing club signals and send them to the batter when the runner was in second base ”, according to Manfred’s letter.
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