Tag: Jose Altuve

The Astros tweeted out some awards they won and yeah, it went as expected

The Houston Astros didn’t need to celebrate this.

The Houston Astros, to put it nicely, just need to shut up for a while and do their best to back away from any more chances of bringing unwanted attention their way.

Because this whole sign-stealing scandal has been an absolute mess for the franchise, and rightfully so. And how they’ve been handling it has been, well, awful.

Sure, they fired their GM and manager moments after MLB punishments were handed out. But then last weekend they had Jose Altuve and others out there for a FanFest event and it went as one would it expect it too.

Then on Tuesday night the team tweeted out a few local awards some members of the franchise won, which doesn’t sound like a good thing to do:

Here’s an idea: The Houston Astros didn’t need to announce those awards to the world. How about you just let the awards happen and then move on, without sharing the “news” with anyone outside of the team.

Because that Tweet, which had to be sent by some poor member of their social media team, did not go over well:

Jose Altuve, Alex Bregman speak out on Astros’ cheating scandal

Here’s what Astros stars are saying about the team’s cheating scandal.

The Houston Astros are searching for a new manager and general manager after the club fired A.J. Hinch and Jeff Luhnow in the wake of an MLB report that detailed how the team used technology to steal signs during the 2017 and 2018 MLB seasons. In the aftermath of the report, fans have continued to dig into different theories about the Astros’ scheme, including the claims that players wore buzzers as a part of their uniform as a signaling device to be tipped off to pitches. Many MLB players are outraged, and it’s safe to assume that the Astros will face incredible opposition from fans on the road in the coming seasons.

According to 2017 AL MVP Jose Altuve, though, the distractions and organizational upheaval won’t keep the reigning American League champions out of the 2020 World Series. Altuve spoke to the media and addressed the scandal on Saturday, saying that “everything will be fine” by the end of the upcoming season.

“Believe me, at the end of the year, everything will be fine. We’re going to be in the World Series again. People don’t believe it…. we will. We made it last year, we were one game away of winning it all.”

When asked about the claims that he wore a buzzer under his uniform, Altuve said he wasn’t upset about the speculation, and noted that MLB didn’t find evidence in their investigation.

Alex Bregman, meanwhile, mostly sidestepped questions from reporters, repeating the same stock answer whenever asked about the scandal.

 

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‘Shy’ Jose Altuve? MLB fans respond with shirtless photos of Astros star

Scott Boras said it was his “shyness” that made him not want his jersey ripped off.

An absolutely wild Thursday in Major League Baseball included allegations that the Houston Astros wore buzzers under their uniforms in the 2019 season to help them know which pitches were coming.

MLB said that it found “no evidence” of “wearable devices” during its investigation, but the spotlight was on Jose Altuve, the Astros second baseman, and a video showing him not wanting his teammates to tear off his jersey after a walk-off home run in the World Series.

His agent, Scott Boras, said that it was “the shyness of Jose Altuve” that was the reason why he didn’t want his jersey ripped off, the same thing Altuve told FOX’s Ken Rosenthal after the game:

That sent MLB fans into a frenzy — they found photos of Altuve without a shirt on. This doesn’t mean it’s fuel to the wearable device fire. It’s just an amusing response to his “shyness”:

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MLB players were furious about the latest Astros cheating allegations

“I would rather face a player that was taking steroids than face a player that knew every pitch that was coming.”

Just when Major League Baseball was ready to move on from the Astros cheating scandal, sleuthing baseball fans seemingly uncovered a new layer to the saga.

A series of tweets and videos alleged that Astros players — specifically, Jose Altuve, Josh Reddick and Alex Bregman — were using wearable electronic devices or buzzers to relay the opposing team’s signs during the 2019 season.

This move would have been a significant development from the brazen and out-in-the-open act of beating up a trash can. When a video showed Altuve instructing his teammates not to rip off his jersey after a pennant-winning home run, Altuve explained the moment in October as him being shy — despite numerous instances to the contrary. Fans are now connecting that moment to the buzzer accusation.

And word spread quickly in baseball circles. Big-league players immediately took notice to the new allegations, and they weren’t happy.

Altuve’s agent, Scott Boras, issued a statement to Sports Illustrated, denying the allegations:

“Jose Altuve called me and said he wants it known that he has never, ever worn an electronic device in a major league game – ever. He never received any form – of a trigger or any information – via an electronic product that was on his body or in his uniform. He has never worn any electronic device. Ever.”

MLB also claimed that its investigators looked into the prospect of electronic devices, but could not come up with evidence. It may be worth another try.

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MLB fans think they’ve uncovered a new development in the Astros cheating scandal

Buzzers?!

Major League Baseball handed down its punishment for the Astros cheating scandal on Monday, but if what MLB fans uncovered proves to be accurate, it may be time to fire up that investigation all over again.

While the Astros’ beat-the-hell-out-of-a-trash-can, sign-stealing scheme was well documented during the 2017 and 2018 seasons, fans have reason to believe that the Astros cheating evolved for the 2019 season.

The new allegations sparked from a series of tweets from a private Twitter account purporting to be Carlos Beltran’s niece that claimed the Astros used a buzzer device to relay signs without the super obvious clobbering of a trash can. However, it’s important to note that the Beltran family denied that the account belonged to a family member. Garry Sheffield’s son alleged that the Twitter account was likely a burner for a whistle-blowing MLB player.

Still, this account wanted to draw attention to Jose Altuve’s walk-off home run off Aroldis Chapman to send Houston to the 2019 World Series. As Altuve approached the plate for the celebration, he could be seen signaling to his teammates not to rip off his jersey. Like, he was adamant about it.

The thought process here was that Altuve didn’t want his buzzer/cheating device exposed to the dozens of cameras shooting the game.

As Yankees Reddit pointed out, Josh Reddick wasn’t as savvy. During a postgame interview, there appeared to be something taped to his chest with a wire in plain view.

Reddick was holding a microphone, so it’s unlikely the taped-on device had anything to do with the broadcast. It possibly could have been a buzzer. It also could have been confetti — the colors did match.

After all, this was the same organization that included their trash-can-whacking station in the World Series documentary. Could this have been another careless slip-up? At the very least, these new revelations warrant a follow-up from MLB investigators. Reds pitcher Trevor Bauer claimed that he had heard about the buzzers before.

MLB decided against disciplining Astros players for their role in the cheating scandal, but if Houston players indeed used actual buzzer devices to steal signs, something more will have to be done.

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