Former Braves Pitcher Kris Medlen Calls Out Astros With Brutal NSFW Message

After Freddie Freeman made the final stages of his career a talking point in the Astros' sign-stealing scandal, it only seemed right to allow former Atlanta Braves teammate Kris Medlen to make his own case for why their wily ways negatively impacted the game.

Via Dave O'Brien of The Athletic, Medlen absolutely did not disappoint.

Medlen, whose career ended in despair after fighting through myriad injuries to make one ill-fated start as a 2018 Arizona Diamondback (four innings, seven earned runs), posted a 3.33 career mark for mainly the Braves and Royals, but saw his hard fight to return to the big time cut short.

Freeman used Medlen's personal example at the Braves' annual ChopFest this past weekend, and though Medlen made his final start in Arizona and not in Houston, that still didn't stop him from getting emotional about the Astros' rampant cheating.

“It was awesome to hear Freddie say all of that because it just shows that he cared enough about the whole thing,” Medlen told The Athletic. “[It] Blows my mind [that] the players involved aren’t being punished. I’m not making any excuses for a bad start at all, but it just sucks for other guys who were affected by that type of operation.”

As for Medlen's own role in the scandal?

“I mean, I pitched against them in Arizona, so no idea what they were doing then,” he said. “But anyway, replace my name with anyone else’s who faced them at home, and yeah, it [expletive] sucks that they did what they did.”

Medlen's forceful characterization couldn't have put it any better.