It would be naive to think that the Houston Astros are the only ones in the league with unclean hands, says one MLB player.
In a series of tweets this week, veteran outfielder Steven Souza Jr., who now plays in the Seattle Mariners organization, spoke up in defense of the Astros. He said there were “some really good human beings” on that team. Souza also added that many other MLB teams had sign-stealing systems, too.
While Souza did not name any names, he has definitely made his rounds in Major League Baseball. Besides the Mariners, Souza has played for five different teams over seven seasons in the league.
The Astros, who were caught and punished for their elaborate sign-stealing scheme during their World Series-winning 2017 season, have been labeled with a scarlet letter as the grimy cheaters of baseball. Now nearly half of a decade later, they still cannot shake that reputation. But Souza brings up an interesting point here in that cheating in baseball is more pervasive than you might think, something that even prominent MLB stars have hinted at before.
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