The 2017 Houston Astros, a supremely talented team that won 101 regular season games and a World Series championship, cheated. Pure and simple, they cheated, stealing opposing catchers’ signals throughout the season via a technology-based system that gave “home cooking” a new meaning and broke baseball’s rules. The KC Royals and their fans have to wonder if the Royals were victims of the Astros’ ugly scheme.
The reports that Houston may have been using technology to steal signs and tip their own batters to coming pitches surfaced in November and are now fact. Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred released a nine-page summary of Major League Baseball’s investigation Monday.