MLB

A-Rod sleuth who embarrassed MLB is quietly let go

Major League Baseball announced a “restructuring” of its Department of Investigations on Thursday, which included the firing of two top investigators, following last year’s Biogenesis case involving Alex Rodriguez.

“After the Biogenesis investigation, we made a decision that certain structural changes were necessary in order to have a more efficient and effective investigative unit,” Robert Manfred, the MLB executive who oversaw the case, said Thursday. “Once we made structural changes, it resulted in the elimination of some positions.”

Among the positions eliminated were those of Dan Mullin, the senior vice president of investigations, and George Hanna, the senior director of investigations. Both were hired in 2008, after the Mitchell Report recommended creating the department.

Mullin’s record is dicey. He was cited in Rodriguez’s lawsuit against the league as having handed over a bag of cash in exchange for client records stolen from the Florida clinic, among other “abusive investigative tactics.” He was also accused of having an inappropriate sexual relationship with a key witness in the investigation.

Rodriguez’s lawsuit was later dropped, and his original 211-game suspension was reduced to the still substantial sum of the entirety of the 2014 season.