Carlos Beltrán, a member of the 2017 Astros who was recently named as the new manager of the New York Mets, acknowledged Tuesday that the Astros did steal signs — but only the legal way, he said.by text message."We were studying the opposite team every day."
"The game of baseball for years, guys have given location and if the catchers get lazy and the pitcher doesn't cover the signs from second base of course players are going to take advantage," the Post quoted Beltrán as saying."I don't call that cheating. I call that using small details to take advantage."
For his part, Fiers wasn't offered a new contract by the Astros after the 2017 season — he joined the Detroit Tigers in 2018 and pitched last season with the Oakland Athletics. The Athletic reported that he acknowledged having a"strained relationship" with the Astros because he told his new teams what the Astros were doing.
"I just want the game to be cleaned up a little bit because there are guys who are losing their jobs because they're going in there not knowing," Fiers told the website, adding:"We had a lot of young guys with Detroit trying to make a name and establish themselves. I wanted to help them out and say, 'Hey, this stuff really does go on. Just be prepared.'"
Midday180 Do it again! World Series 2020!!
Seriously! Say it isn't so, Joe.
Funny thing the strike box is why I quit watching mlb. To hear it is used by teams to steal pitches from catcher is hilarious. 🤣🤣🤣
Here's a good video on it:
Well Im betting they lose the series
All dirty deeds come to light in due season!
And they still lost?!
Didn't help against the Nationals. HAHAHA Bellicheat
Somehow the NFL will penalize the Patriots...
If true they should get hammered.
Joeingram1 I am deploying the batsignal!
Didn’t help
A team that will hire a domestic abuser who was suspended by MLB because winning is more important than domestic violence was cheating? Shocking.