Former Houston Astros manager AJ Hinch issued a statement Wednesday night that he is not aware that his team or any other team used wearable buzzers to communicate stolen signs.
Hinch issued his statement when asked by Sports Illustrated for a response to a news conference at the New York Yankees’ camp in Tampa in which manager Aaron Boone was asked about Hinch’s answer about buzzers in his interview last week with SI and MLB Network.
In the statement Hinch said, “After my interview with Tom Verducci last week, there has been a significant reaction to my answer to the ‘buzzer’ question.