MLB Reportedly Found No Evidence of 'Wearable Devices' Like Buzzers in Recent Sign-Stealing Investigation
By Adam Weinrib
Though the entire non-Astros segment of the baseball world is having their fun by screenshotting and flaming Houston stars Jose Altuve and Alex Bregman in an effort to prove they used signal-communicating "buzzers," MLB would like to remind you they disagree.
Per the league, they looked into "wearable devices" as a part of their recent investigation into the Houston Astros' crime family, and found no such evidence.
from MLB with so much coming out publicly about Altuve HR to end ALCS and other incidents: "MLB explored wearable devices during the investigation but found no evidence to substantiate it.” That investigation, MLB said, includes 2019.
— Joel Sherman (@Joelsherman1) January 16, 2020
Though the video of Altuve begging his teammates to keep his jersey closed is beyond suspicious in any context, and we haven't heard a cogent explanation yet for his post-homer sprint to the dugout to change clothes, we'll have to believe MLB isn't as thrown off by these actions as Baseball Twitter is.
Here's Ken Rosenthal, who broke the news of the Astros cheating scandal, asking Jose Altuve why he was telling teammates not to rip his jersey off after the walk-off home run in Game 6 of the 2019 ALCS: pic.twitter.com/xoBGX159QG
— Kyle ⚾️ (@KyleNYY) January 16, 2020
Frankly, they're in a tizzy, and could probably use this calming reminder from the higher-ups.
This widespread scandal has already cost three MLB managers (among the brightest in the game, and a well-thought-of newbie) and a World Series-winning GM their jobs. We won't spiral into calling for the heads of the game's brightest stars, too, unless something concrete tells us otherwise.