Carlos Correa Has an Incredibly Sober Response to Mike Fiers Snitching on Astros for Cheating
By Sam Dunn
No baseball team has fared worse in the eyes of the public in the last three months than the Houston Astros. Not only did they blow a 3-2 World Series lead and lose out on the title with back-to-back home losses to the Washington Nationals, but they also quickly became subject to a broad and damning sign-stealing scandal that's yet to resolve itself fully.
Shortstop Carlos Correa was specifically asked this week about A's pitcher Mike Fiers, a former member of the Astros who helped to draw initial attention to the team's strategies for intercepting opposing team's signals. And his outlook on the matter was surprisingly calm.
Carlos Correa on Mike Fiers making the allegations: “It was surprising because we were a team. We were a team. We were all together. We had a bond. We won a championship. But is America. It’s the land of the free. You can say what you want to say.”
— Chandler Rome (@Chandler_Rome) January 4, 2020
That's right, Carlos. This IS America. (Wait, is it still? That's become increasingly unclear.)
Correa would perhaps be within his rights to blow up Fiers' spot, attempt to discredit him, or just avoid the subject entirely in deference to the fact that the MLB's investigation into the matter hasn't yet concluded. As fate would have it, he himself cooperated with the league on the subject.
Carlos Correa said he was interviewed by Major League Baseball as part of its sign-stealing investigation
— Chandler Rome (@Chandler_Rome) January 4, 2020
“It went very well. I cooperated like we’ve all been doing.”
Fiers won't be getting any free meals in Houston anytime soon, but it's worth mentioning that the mood around town seems to be that the whole thing simply is what it is.
Perhaps the energy will shift dramatically if and when the league hands down punishments for wrongdoing.