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Rob Manfred hints he can hammer Astros with sign-stealing punishment

Major League Baseball continues to investigate the bombshell allegations that surfaced against the Houston Astros last week, and commissioner Rob Manfred hinted on Tuesday that the punishment could be severe if it is determined that they did, in …

Look: Here is the Astros’ alleged cheating setup with trash can, monitor

The Houston Astros have essentially been caught redhanded stealing signs during their World Series season in 2017, and a documentary from their championship year appears to have given us a first-hand look at the setup they allegedly used to steal and …

Astros TV camera angle

Astros moved position of TV cameras to center them for 2017 season

The Houston Astros’ decision to move the position of their TV cameras for home games for the 2017 season now may take on new meaning in context of the cheating scandal in which they are involved. Ahead of the 2017 MLB season, the Astros worked …

Report: Email shows Astros discussed having scouts illegally use cameras to steal signs

As if there weren’t already enough evidence implicating the Houston Astros in the sign-stealing scandal, now there may be a smoking gun in the form of written proof. The Athletic’s Evan Drellich and Ken Rosenthal, who first reported …

Yu Darvish

Yu Darvish cracks jokes in aftermath of Christian Yelich tweet

Yu Darvish was on the receiving end of a pretty vicious tweet from Christian Yelich on Friday, but the Chicago Cubs pitcher is taking it in stride. Darvish said that his picture was accidentally used as part of a Japanese news report about a …

Minute Maid Park Houston

Hilarious College GameDay sign takes aim at Astros

You can always tell when sports news is big if it crosses over onto a College GameDay sign. Which means for the Houston Astros, it’s their unlucky day. Allegations of an elaborate electronic sign-stealing operation run by the Astros have …

Josh Donaldson

Josh Donaldson humorously enters Christian Yelich-Yu Darvish beef

The sudden Twitter beef between Christian Yelich and Yu Darvish is, at the very least, entertaining to the rest of baseball. Yelich reacted strongly to suggestions that he may have been stealing signs against Yu Darvish in a 2019 game between the …

Christian Yelich

Christian Yelich slams Yu Darvish over Brewers sign stealing allegation

After widespread stories about the Houston Astros’ electronic sign stealing operation dominated the news this week, it seems plenty of people are looking for evidence that other teams may have been up to shady business as well. One of the teams …

Rob Manfred

Report: MLB adding 15-day IL for pitchers to combat roster manipulation

Major League Baseball is making another change to the injured list for 2020, this time to try to cut down on roster manipulation. According to Jon Heyman of MLB Network, MLB will keep the 10-day IL in place for position players. However, pitchers …

Jeff Luhnow

MLB GM wants Jeff Luhnow ‘banned for life’ if he knew of Astros’ sign-stealing

It is becoming clear as their sign-stealing scandal unfolds that there is deep antipathy toward the Houston Astros within Major League Baseball. That bitterness is particularly clear at the executive level. One anonymous general manager told Andy …

Yu Darvish

Yu Darvish wonders if Astros could have been stealing signs on the road

The Houston Astros had great success against Yu Darvish in the 2017 World Series, and they attributed that to the right-hander tipping his pitches. While that may have been what happened, it seems like Darvish is even less convinced now than he was …

Cody Bellinger crying

Watch: Cody Bellinger cried upon being named NL MVP

Cody Bellinger was named NL MVP on Thursday, and the Los Angeles Dodgers outfielder was emotional upon learning the news. MLB Network had the three MVP finalists (Bellinger, Christian Yelich and Anthony Rendon) on a live feed for the announcement …

Astros Whistling

Is this the Astros whistling the Yankees complained about in playoffs?

This week’s report about the Houston Astros’ alleged cheating in 2017 has led more and more to come out about potential wrongdoing by the club. Numerous videos have emerged that appear to show the Astros cheating in 2017 by stealing …

Yasiel Puig

Yasiel Puig could be target for Marlins, reuniting him with Don Mattingly?

After four years apart, Yasiel Puig and Don Mattingly could find themselves back together again. Jon Heyman of MLB Network reported Thursday that the veteran outfielder Puig could be a fit for the Miami Marlins this winter. Heyman also notes Nicholas …

AJ Hinch

Astros reportedly had sign-stealing system for when they couldn’t hear banging noises

There has been no shortage of video evidence supporting the claims that the Houston Astros stole signs and relayed them to hitters by banging on a trash can back in 2017, but what would happen in situations where the crowd was too loud? Apparently …

BBWAA corrects $100,000 error in NL Cy Young vote totals

The Baseball Writers Association of America had to issue a correction to their NL Cy Young award vote totals on Wednesday after making a $100,000 error. Jacob deGrom won the NL Cy Young award almost unanimously, as he received 29 of 30 possible …

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