For the Houston Astros, it’s getting higher and deeper. Obviously as the evidence continues to mount, there’s an overwhelming sense that major punishment is coming the Astros’ way.
Now – in an interesting twist – Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic MLB has a story that a front-office executive of the Astros’ sent an e-mail detailing the plan to steal signs in August of 2017. Indeed, the allegations facing the Astros’ are now documented from a team executive in writing.
An #Astros executive asked scouts for help stealing signs and suggested using cameras, email shows. Story with @EvanDrellich. https://t.co/y4Hu1zfE69
— Ken Rosenthal (@Ken_Rosenthal) November 17, 2019
Furthermore, here is how the e-mail that The Athletic dug up reads to start:
“One thing in specific we are looking for is picking up signs coming out of the dugout,” the email’s sender wrote in a message from August of 2017. “What we are looking for is how much we can see, how we would log things, if we need cameras/binoculars, etc. So go to game, see what you can (or can’t) do and report back your findings.”
While the Astros’ decline comment on this particular angle of the story,…
