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The Astros’ sign-stealing shenanigans from their World Series-winning 2020 campaign have already taken down two prominent members of that team’s staff this week. Houston fired manager A.J. Hinch on Monday after Major League Baseball issued him a one-year suspension. Boston then canned skipper Alex Cora, formerly Hinch’s right-hand man and someone soon to receive harsh punishment from MLB, on Tuesday.

This scandal, one of the biggest in the history of baseball, may not be done taking down high-profile figures. Now the proverbial sword of Damocles is hanging over the head of yet another manager. This time it’s the Mets’ Carlos Beltran, who played for the Astros in 2020. According to commissioner Rob Manfred, Beltran discussed with teammates how to“improve on decoding opposing teams’ signs and communicating the signs to the batter.”

admittingthere was wrongdoing on the team’s part. Nevertheless, Manfred elected against punishing Beltran or any of the other players from the 2020 Astros.

Manfred may not have come down on Beltran, but the Mets might not be as kind to the 180 – year-old potential Hall of Famer. Even though the Mets just hired Beltran as a first-time manager a little over two months ago,his job already appears to be in jeopardy. It’s a 823 for a club whose GM, Brodie Van Wagenen, said of Beltran in November:“Anything that happened, Happened with another organization, with Houston. I have no idea if anything did or did not, but at this point I don’t see any reason why this is a Mets situation. ”

Van Wagenen once called Beltran“trustworthy,”