Sports Illustrated Senior Writer Tom Verducci joined Jimmy Traina on the latest episode of the SI Media Podcast and offered a stern warning to the Astros.
While Verducci doesn't expect Houston batters to get hit by pitches on a regular basis as retaliation for their cheating ways, he does think the mental toll of being baseball's biggest villains will be severe.
"The whole hit-by-pitch thing is being overplayed," Verducci said on the podcast.
"You're not going see guys getting hit left and right. First of all, MLB wouldn't allow it.