Former Astros general manager Jeff Luhnu has been one of the most respected officials in baseball for many years, building the 2017 World Series winning team. However, the legitimacy of the team’s success under Luhnu has been called into question in recent years because of the Astros’ well-documented sign-theft scandal that did not become public last se fisson. Astros managers Luhnu and AJ Hinch were suspended for a year in January as a result of the misconduct of the Major League Baseball team. Houston then fired a pair.
In an extended interview with KPRC’s Vanessa Richardson, Luhnu denied any wrongdoing. As a result, Luhnu does not believe he deserves a one-year ban for Major League Baseball.
A report last February suggested that Luhnu was aware of a “codebreaker”, a video scheme used by “Astros” to steal signals, but Luhnu told Richardson: “I did not know we were cheating. I had no idea. I was not involved. “I don’t know anything about the trash banging scheme,” the Major League Baseball report said. “I probably knew something about the video decoding plan and I didn’t pay much attention to it,” he said. But there really is no credible evidence of that claim. I did not know I didn’t know about either of them. And it felt like, that day, I was being punished for something I didn’t do. And it didn’t feel right. “
Luhnu claims that he was adamant that the Astros follow the rules, that “Employees in the video room” The “codebreaker” was in Masterminds, and he tried to break the sign-stealing of Houston and other teams. It also holds the belief that some criminals are still part of the Astros organization.
“The people who were involved, they didn’t naturally leave to go to other teams, they’re all still employed by the Astros,” he said. Luhnu said. “In fact, one of the closest people involved, I moved from a clubhouse location to another location, and after I was fired, she moved back to the clubhouse.”
While Lunhu admits that the Astros violated the rules during his reign, he is offended that Commissioner Rob Manfred has suspended him. The executive said he had requested a meeting with Manfred with the last off-fee ason and presented him with a binder of about 150 pages. “With facts, with emails, with documents, with testimony, and every allegation in this charge document.” Lunhu also offered to take a polygraph test in an attempt to prove his innocence, but Manfred refused.
“I don’t know how much he read the 150-page binder, but none of it got into the final report, so honestly, he made up his mind,” Luhnu said. “He was punishing me. There was nowhere else to go. He was also punishing AJ, and AJ admitted he knew. “
Munfred disputed Luhno’s remarks on Tuesday, however, told ESPN Radio (via ESPN.com) that “[Luhnow] The game was damaged, and as a result, it was disciplined. “
Speaking of Hinch, Luhnu revealed that the two are in constant touch. The Tigers and White Sox have shown interest in Hinch this month over their managerial vacancies, so they could soon return to leading roles in the game. Lunhu is also interested in reviving his baseball career, but if he doesn’t return to the game, he expects to land on his feet somewhere else.
Luhnav has taken “A hard look at the NFL, a little bit of the NBA, a little bit of the NHL, I didn’t grow up around hockey, so a little bit of rigor in our continent and in Europe, e-sports, soccer,” Because he believes his skill set will move into a different game.
