This week, the Houston Astros publicly addressed the sign-stealing scandal at a spring training press conference. After the MLB completed an investigation and found the Astros guilty of their cheating ways, the organization fired then-manager A.J. Hinch and then-general manager Jeff Luhnow. Thus, owner Jim Crane along with infielders José Altuve and Alex Bregman addressed the media to apologize.
The 2017 campaign — one of the years they implemented the sign-stealing system — saw them winning a World Series. Crane doesn’t believe the sign-stealing led to them raising the Commissioner’s Trophy though, stating “Our opinion is this didn’t impact the game.