My guess is Hinch’s legal team told Manfred & MLB corporate counsel if you ban Hinch for life, we’ll sue, he’ll testify that the Houston scandal is the tip of the iceberg….Cora too…thus a slap on the wrist and please go away major problem…Beltran to come back at a later date….GM Luhnow…who knows..who cares…all others get a pass….Bottom line, Manfred caved..