MLB suspends Houston Astros executives for 2020 season after cheating investigation
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MLB suspends Houston Astros executives for 2020 season after cheating investigation

Major League Baseball Commissioner Robert Manfred issued "significant discipline" to the Houston Astros and team executives Monday, saying that the team violated league rules by using technology to steal signs during the 2017 playoffs and 2018 season. The Astros, which won the World Series in 2017, will forfeit its first- and second-round draft selections for the next two seasons, the MLB said in a statement. CNBC's Eric Chemi reports.
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