I.D.I.O.T. At 55, he says he may return to baseball one day, “but right now I’m pretty busy.” He says he has received “more than one” request to run an MLB team (he declines to be more specific) but turned them down.Also: DH Carlos Beltrán—the only player named in the commissioner’s report—now broadcasts games for the Yankees, one of the teams most incensed by the whole thing. And... He antagonized journalists who questioned him, while playing nice with anyone who wrote glowingly about him. As the Astros began to win, staffers gleefully reviewed the lists of people who hadn’t believed in them. “F--- those guys,” they cried, not particularly quietly. “I think we were the most disliked organization before [the sign-stealing] came out,” says one person who worked for the team. One more quote... He says he is not concerned about his legacy—but anyway, he thinks people see the Astros mostly as winners AND THERE IS A TELL ALL MANUSCRIPT?!!? he had a 750-page manuscript of a memoir. He might try to publish it one day, he says, but he’s in no rush. In the meantime, everyone else can think what they want. https://www.si.com/mlb/2022/10/13/jeff-luhnow-soccer-astros-daily-cover
If he ever decides to not come back to baseball or even the US he may go scorched earth on MLB. That memoir will be heavy.
750 page memoir will be more than what the MLB compiled for the Braves international signing, Angels opioid investigation, Cardinals corporate espionage, Yankees letter, and Red Sox Apple watch scandals combined.
He could definitely name names if he wanted to. This still boils down to how the media perceived the Astros during the rebuild and how the Astros front office responded to them (they kept receipts).
I find it a little hard to believe he's been getting offers to be a GM and has turned them down. Unless they were just with crap teams that he knew would never spend the money necessary to win. I think he wants back in baseball badly but MLB will never let it happen.
He sued Crane. I don't see Crane re-hiring him for that reason alone. Although I am surprised some team hasn't picked him up. The stain didn't deter teams from Hinch and Cora. The lawsuit against his former boss/owner might be the reason that no team hires him, if that in fact happens.
I would find it hard to believe that he had gotten no offers. He is the best GM I have seen in my lifetime and did nothing to be fired except being hated by the media. They will relentlessly hound any organization he is associated with.
Being a baseball GM is as much about being in the "in" club as it is about being good at your job. Lunhow is out. MLB scapegoated him for the crimes of players that they had no mechanism to punish. Him being a dick and then suing only further puts him on the outs. I HIGHLY doubt a team has actually offered him a true GM job. He deserves one, but I'd be stunned if he was really offered one and turned it down.
Why would he lie about that, though? Seriously, what on earth would be the motivation to make that up? What is there to gain?
