The New York Yankees fan base is in shambles on Saturday.
A federal judge has given the New York Yankees until noon on Monday to unseal a 2017 letter from Major League Baseball that may link the team to sign-stealing, according to Evan Drellich of The Athletic.
The Yankees lawyer has argued that making the contents of the letter public would result in “significant reputational injury.”
“There is no justification for public disclosure of the letter,” said Yankees lawyer Jonathan Schiller. “The plaintiff has no case anymore, and the court held that what MLB wrote in confidence was irrelevant to the court’s dismissal of the plaintiff’s case. Under established law, this supports the Yankees’ right to confidentiality required by the commissioner of Baseball.”
MLB investigated the Yankees in 2017, and a press release states the club was, at worst, guilty of minor infractions. The lawsuit argues the sealed letter proved otherwise.
“Plaintiffs alleged that the 2017 press release falsely suggested that the investigation found that the Yankees had only engaged in a minor technical infraction, whereas, according to plaintiffs, the investigation had in fact found that the Yankees engaged in a more serious, sign-stealing scheme,” Judge Jed Rakoff wrote Friday.
As expected, Houston Astros fans were thrilled to hear this since many Yankees players and fans had so much to say about them this year after their cheating scandal.
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Not only did the fans love it, but several players on the Astros were happy as well. Many of them took to Twitter to react to the news.
Alex Bregman:
Josh Reddick:
Lance McCullers Jr.:
It’s the latest chapter in MLB’s sign-stealing saga where an investigation led to general manager Jeff Luhnow and manager AJ Hinch being fired by the Astros and suspended for a year. Red Sox manager Alex Cora was also fired as well.
