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Tampa Bay Rays pitchers Blake Snell and Tyler Glasnow can be added to the growing list of players who feel some members of the Houston Astros organization got off too easy. Snell and Glasnow discussed the Astros cheating scandal following a workout …
New York Yankees general manager Brian Cashman and manager Aaron Boone spoke about the Houston Astros’ sign-stealing scandal on Thursday, which seemingly went against how Major League Baseball told clubs to handle the situation. As it turns …
Houston Astros owner Jim Crane said this week that the team’s players are planning to apologize with a “strong statement” as a group when spring training begins next month, but Scott Boras does not believe that is necessary. Boras, …
Kansas City Royals second baseman Whit Merrifield made the first All-Star appearance of his career last year, but he feels it would have been the second had it not been for all of the cheating that went on in Houston. Merrifield spoke openly about …
One of the biggest questions in the fallout from MLB commissioner Rob Manfred’s investigation has been: why weren’t any players punished for what was defined as a player-driven electronic sign stealing scandal? The reason for that is now …
It has now been more than a week since Major League Baseball confirmed that the Houston Astros cheated during their World Series season in 2017, and we have yet to hear many apologies. Team owner Jim Crane says the mea culpa is coming, but apparently …
Dodgers fans can’t help but feel like they were cheated out of multiple World Series titles after the Houston Astros were caught cheating and the Boston Red Sox are facing similar allegations, and the city of Los Angeles is working tirelessly …
Houston Astros players struck a defiant tone in their first public comments over the weekend, apparently to the shock of some around baseball. Several Astros spoke at the team’s fanfest over the weekend, but none offered any apologies or …
Justin Verlander has made no public comments about the punishment that was handed down to the Houston Astros after Major League Baseball determined the team cheated in 2017, but someone has raised a lot of suspicions by adamantly defending the Cy …
CC Sabathia isn’t doing much to hide his disgust toward the Houston Astros or the team’s response to the cheating scandal. At the team’s fan event on Saturday, many Astros players made their first public comments on the matter since …
There seems to be a growing consensus among some MLB players that the Houston Astros weren’t punished harshly enough for their 2017 electronic sign stealing operation. Toronto Blue Jays outfielder Randal Grichuk wasn’t even on a team that …
The Houston Astros held their offseason fanfest Saturday at a somewhat awkward time, but it meant we got our first comments from a key player about the fallout from the team’s 2017 sign stealing scandal. Third baseman Alex Bregman declined to …
The 2017 World Series has long haunted Yu Darvish, and the findings revealed this week have him asking questions. Namely, Darvish wonders whether the Houston Astros were stealing signs against him. Darvish was knocked out of both his World Series …
A sportsbook is taking advantage of the Houston Astros cheating scandal to get some good PR and build some loyalty with bettors. PointsBet Sportsbook announced Friday that it would be refunding all AL and World Series futures bets placed on the New …
The Houston Astros are confirmed cheaters. MLB handed out punishment for the Astros on Monday for the team cheating by using technology to steal and relay signs during the 2017 regular and postseason. The team’s scheme included using a camera …
The Houston Astros cheating scandal has now reached the halls of Congress. Representative Bobby Rush (D-Ill.) has formally requested a Congressional oversight hearing on both Houston’s cheating and MLB’s response to it. In a letter, he …
