Two big questions linger as baseball investigates the Atlanta Braves’ illegal conduct in their signings of international amateurs: How severely will the Braves be penalized? And will John Hart, the team’s president of baseball operations, retain his position?



If Hart departs the Braves might turn to Kansas City Royals general manager Dayton Moore, who worked for Atlanta from 1994 to 2006, rising to assistant GM. But according to sources with knowledge of the investigation, baseball has no current information linking Hart to the “breach of rules” in the international market the Braves cited when they announced the resignation of general manager John Coppolella on Oct. 2.



Gordon Blakeley, a special assistant to Coppolella, also resigned, and a number of other changes in the Braves’ international and scouting departments are expected, including the departure of Alex Cotto, the team’s director of international administration, sources...