I agree. They should also have their World Series victory zeroed-out. It’s argued that you can’t just give it to the other team, it’s a crap way to win it. OK, so don’t. Treat it like a year that the players were on strike, just nullify it. Put a dash across win/loss columns of the record books for the 2017 World Series. For the Astros, assign them a 0-162 record and roll back all team and player stats for regular and post-season. The Astros should also have to turn in their World Series rings with a lifetime ban and huge fine for anybody that refuses. If I were commissioner-for-a-day, the only purpose of the 2017 Astros’ season would be to serve as a warning to others.
And they should strip Jose Altuve of the MVP award. That honor should go to the runner-up, Mike Trout, earned it the old-fashioned honest way.