Player Reactions to the Houston Cheating Scandal

The last several days players from across the league have taken to Twitter to voice their opinion about Houston Astros stealing signs and the league’s lack of an appropriate response. Since the Astros have “apologized” and since the league double downed on not doing anything about it, players are filling the void left by injustice.

So, you cheat but we don’t get to talk about it or have an opinion. Got it. Also, this is still a team sport. Just because someone doesn’t partake in the cheating doesn’t necessarily mean they didn’t benefit from it. pic.twitter.com/zxFVKZp9sv

— Zach Davies (@ZDavies3) February 16, 2020

it is really good that he finds all of this funny

— Jack Flaherty (@Jack9Flaherty) February 16, 2020

I wonder what Rob Manfred’s sad face to punishment felt scale is

— Brett Anderson (@_BAnderson30_) February 16, 2020

Yu Darvish on the Astros:

"Olympics, when players cheat, they can't have a gold medal, right? But [the Astros] still have a World Series title. That makes me feel weird."

— Tony Andracki (@TonyAndracki23) February 16, 2020

Look. There are obviously MVPs that aren’t clean. Altuve didn’t want to use the trash can, fine. Cool to see that on team trash can chart. His RBIs, runs scored, the wins. It all matters. He didn’t stop it. Hell of a player, great guy but to say the MVP is straight clean is wrong

— David Freese (@DavidFreese) February 16, 2020

Yes, the league needs to step in and actually punish the players. Then he’ll have nothing to worry about https://t.co/QV8igjfPrI

— Phil Hughes (@PJHughes45) February 15, 2020

My tattoo artist Steve Wiebe is a magician. I’m sure he would love to either finish or cover up whatever previous ink you have! Lol 😂 https://t.co/IKz5E30hgT

— Marcus Stroman (@STR0) February 15, 2020

I wouldn’t have taken the hitting a baseball is hard even if you know what’s coming approach in the interview today, because it’s even harder to hit when you don’t know what’s coming 💯 #AstrosCheatingScandal

— Tommy Pham (@TphamLV) February 15, 2020

🐸☕️… 👀😂 https://t.co/QviQUzox2f

— Anthony Banda (@anthony_banda3) February 15, 2020

Now that’s a proper punishment 🧐 https://t.co/YQMQtmox0D

— Shane Bieber (@ShaneBieber19) February 15, 2020