Heading into the 2020 campaign, arguably the biggest story in baseball is the Houston Astros’ sign-stealing scandal. The organization, despite parting ways with manager A.J. Hinch and general manager Jeff Luhnow, is facing significant backlash. Not many individuals in and around the sport are portraying happiness, to say the least.
But what’s interesting is that their cheating ways were known before the original bombshell report from The Athletic’s Ken Rosenthal and Evan Drellich. Plenty of players had an idea of what was going on, and this includes former New York Yankees outfielder Cameron Maybin.