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Aaron Judge explained why he deleted his congratulatory MVP tweet to Jose Altuve

“They cheated. It didn’t sit well with me.”

The Astros cheating scandal will have big-league fans and players looking at Houston’s 2017 World Series title in an entirely different light. We’ve already seen that sentiment unfold in the opening practices of spring training.

Well, now you can count Yankees slugger Aaron Judge as the latest MLB star to go in on the Astros’ cheating.

Judge spoke to reporters at Yankees spring training in Tampa on Tuesday, and he didn’t hold back on the 2017 champions. He even admitted that he deleted his congratulatory tweet to Jose Altuve following the Astros infielder’s MVP award in 2017. Altuve edged out Judge for the award by a 405-279 margin.

Judge said he deleted the tweet shortly after the initial story broke about Mike Fiers’ allegations.

Fans noticed that the tweet was deleted last month and many suspected it had to do with the cheating scandal. Judge confirmed that on Tuesday.

He said:

“Yeah, I think I took it down right when the story broke out. Right when I think Mike Fiers came out, talked with The Athletic and stated that this was what was going on in ’17. Once I heard that, I just — I was sick to my stomach. Just to find out … I had a lot of respect for those guys and what they did, especially what they did for the city of Houston and that whole organization, man. A team that was in last place, drafted right, got the right players in there and eventually got to the World Series. I had a lot of respect for them. The way they played, what they did. And to find out that it wasn’t earned. They cheated. It didn’t sit well with me, and I just didn’t feel like the post that I did really meant the same anymore.”

Judge went on to say that the Astros’ 2017 title doesn’t hold any value. The Astros eliminated the Yankees in both the 2017 and 2019 ALCS.

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