Jamey Newberg, a writer for The Athletic, tweeted that he believed the Astros may have colluded with the Dodgers to receive Alvarez. This is the reaction in the TCB writers room.
7/15/2019, 12:50 p.m.
Hatter: Anybody want to write about this gem of an accusation from Jamey Newberg on Twitter? Newberg implying Astros colluded with Dodgers to circumvent Intl FA rules by making an agreement to have the Dodgers sign him and then trading fields for him later.
Astros were under the J2 penalty that year.