MLB letter to New York Yankees about sign-stealing allegations to be made public, despite appeal

Two years after a federal judge ruled the letter should be made public, it will be.

According to the lawsuit, the full findings of the Yankees' electronic sign-stealing were hidden in a press release from the commissioner. The letter will show any differences between what he said in public and what he said in private.

The New York Yankees were busted for using a phone that was not approved for use in a game and the Boston Red Sox were found to be using Apple Watches to pick up signals.

It will be at least two weeks before the letter is made public, according to a source.

The Yankees president argued against the release of the letter in December 2020, saying that it would raise serious privacy issues and that the letters were not being made public. Levine said that the letter would hurt the reputation of the Yankees.

The Yankees argue that the harm from the unsealing of the Yankees Letter will rise because its content would be distorted to create a confusing scenario that the Yankees did not do anything wrong. The public will be able to independently assess the conclusion of the internal investigation by MLB and the Yankees will be able to give their own views on the contents of the letter.

Major League Baseball and the Yankees didn't respond to requests for comment.

The court upheld the dismissal of a $5 million lawsuit that was filed by a DraftKings player and 100 other people against MLB, the Astros and the Red Sox.