From Kris Bryant to Trevor Bauer to Aroldis Chapman, players around Major League Baseball have been tearing the Houston Astros to shreds for their sign-stealing scheme that helped them determine what types of pitches were coming in 2017, the year they won the World Series.
Former Washington Nationals star Anthony Rendon had a different, more measured response.
Speaking at Los Angeles Angels’ spring training Monday, Rendon noted that others around the sport were “quick to hammer (the Astros) down and just kill them,” adding that “you can forgive them, but that doesn’t mean you have to forget.