Major League Baseball has concluded its investigation into whether or not the Chicago Cubs tampering with Joe Maddon when hiring him this offseason. He was under contract with the Tampa Bay Rays until days before news of his hiring broke.

The following release was issued on Wednesday afternoon:

Major League Baseball has concluded its tampering investigation regarding Joe Maddon’s departure from the Tampa Bay Rays and his subsequent hiring as manager of the Chicago Cubs.  The investigation produced no finding of a violation of Major League Rule 3(k) on Tampering.