I find it shocking that MLB would blatantly turn a blind eye on a scandal happening within the league... But, just like steroids, I don’t think this is actually a loss for MLB in general. At least in regards to attention. I know NFL is over (until the draft) and NBA kind of treads water until the playoffs (to a degree), but I cannot recall a time in which baseball has gotten this much national attention in some time. Especially the offseason. It’s not the worst thing for the league as a whole to have a - now verified (especially with their horrible PR and overall reaction from HOU) - villain. It certainly worked for the NFL and the Patriots with spygate and deflategate, etc. It gives people a reason to pull against a team which gives people motive to pay attention. I know, personally, I’ll be curious about how the Astros start out, how they are reacting to the backlash, and so forth. I can’t say otherwise I’d give a damn at all about following their story in 2020. How long that lasts is another story but that’s view at the moment.