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Astros accused of high-tech sign-stealing scheme during 2017 championship season

The Houston Astros may soon find themselves in trouble with Major League Baseball again. This time for an electronic sign-stealing scheme the club is accused to have used during its World Series-winning 2017 season, a scheme that one former Astros pitcher is now talking about on the record.

Mike Fiers, who pitched with the Astros 2015 to 2017, was among four people with the Astros at the time who described to The Athletic’s Ken Rosenthal and Evan Drellich a system in which at least two Astros — a hitter on the team and a coach — set up a camera in the outfield that was focused on opposing catchers.