Report: Hinch, Luhnow suspensions will end in 2020 even if MLB cancels season

Houston Astros general manager Jeff Luhnow, right, and manager A.J. Hinch. (Pat Sullivan/AP)

Former Houston Astros manager A.J. Hinch and general manager Jeff Luhnow will fully serve their suspensions in 2020, even if the MLB season is cancelled due to the COVID-19 outbreak, according to ESPN’s Buster Olney.

Because both men are technically suspended to the end of the 2020 post-season as opposed to a specific number of games, MLB will view Luhnow and Hinch as having served their respective bans.

Hinch and Luhnow were handed one-year suspensions in January following an MLB investigation that confirmed the Astros stole signs using cameras during the regular season and playoffs in 2017 and for part of the 2018 regular season.

The Astros were not stripped of their 2017 World Series title as part of their discipline for the scandal but were fined $5 million and had to forfeit draft picks.

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