Last month I wrote an article about the series that the Blue Jays played against the Houston Astros during the 2017 season. That was the year the Astros won the World Series, and it was also the season that was under the most intense scrutiny in relation to Houston’s sign-stealing scandal that has dominated off-season MLB headlines.
During that series, Mike Bolsinger was one Blue Jay pitcher who was really beat up, as he surrendered four runs over just 0.2 innings pitched. If you go back and watch the video of that outing, it’s pretty clear that the Astros were using their trash can “banging” method to gain an advantage, and Bolsinger was one of many pitchers that was lit up when they were blatantly cheating.