It Definitely Looks Like Justin Verlander is Using a Burner Account to Defend Himself During Astros Scandal

In this age of Antonio Brown lashing out at his critics, and either Adam Gase or Manish Mehta operating an antagonistic pro-Gase Twitter account, separating fact from fiction whenever a new burner account hits the scene is always a mine field. If this latest one if proven to be the athlete we all think it is, the Houston Astros' cheating scandal could get much worse.

The account @Jonatha19721565 has 21 tweets, all of which are in defense of Houston starter Justin Verlander amid the team's sign stealing escapades. Is...is this Verlander himself? We certainly can't rule it out.

The account's bio declares that they are a member of the Rutgers class of 2018, but this could be a veiled attempt to throw people off the scent.

This account fell into the trap most of these accounts also fall into, which is that ALL of their tweets are in defense one person, which makes red flags go off in Twitter Police HQ.

In fact, it seems...like...the email address behind the account might be registered to someone at one of Justin's sponsors?

Like most of these accounts once they are figured out, this will either get deleted or abandoned in short order. Still, it's fun to think of Verlander, one of the most outspoken athletes on Twitter, using the cover of anonymity to take shots at random guys.