Alex Bregman and Jose Altuve Will Join Jim Crane and Dusty Baker to Face Media on Thursday
By Thomas Carannante
This should be good! The two players who were unequivocally unprepared to answer questions about the Houston Astros' sign-stealing scandal during the team's FanFest earlier this offseason will now be joining owner Jim Crane and manager Dusty Baker at the podium on Thursday to address the media.
Fans should have a blast watching Alex Bregman and Jose Altuve attempt to answer hard-hitting questions from reporters who have been steeped with anticipation for this exact moment.
ESPN has learned that the two players who will join Jim Crane and Dusty Baker on the podium today will most likely be José Altuve and Alex Bregman.
— Marly Rivera (@MarlyRiveraESPN) February 13, 2020
In case you don't remember, during the Astros' FanFest, both Altuve and Bregman had nothing worth writing home about when responding to questions about the scandal that has rocked baseball for months now.
Altuve's answer? The Astros will be back in the World Series in 2020. Bregman's? The commissioner "made his report." Not only did these answers provide nothing of substance (in addition to being somewhat insulting), but it proved further organizational chaos considering there was no plan for the Astros' best players to address the topic.
If anybody hasn't watched the full Alex Bregman FanFest interview, it is a true piece of work. So incredibly uncomfortable for everyone involved. Feel bad for the media folks stuck doing this nightmare.https://t.co/T3ZzK3tkph
— Clint Pasillas (FRG) (@realFRG) January 21, 2020
The flip side? We're sure there will be many manufactured answers prepared for these two during Wednesday's press conference, so expect much of the same just in a completely different context.