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Astros News
- The sign-stealing debacle has taken yet another turn as Carlos Beltran’s role in all of it has been fully revealed (The Athletic, $$$)
- Who, it turned out, was the Godfather of the whole system (Wall Street Journal, $$$)
- In today’s edition of Irony Now: Turns out that Cora, who helped create the system, went and blabbed to the Nats about it before the World Series (CBS Sports)
- Less surprising is the fact that players have been complaining about this for years and the league did absolutely nothing (MLB Trade Rumors)
- The team itself is going to talk strategy before issuing a statement on the whole affair at Spring Training (ESPN)
- Marwin Gonzalez is the latest former Astro to express regret over the scheme (Bleacher Report)
- Meanwhile, Joe Musgrove had some interesting things to say about it himself (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
- Does this lawsuit by Mike Bolsinger have a chance of really going anywhere? (Sports Illustrated)
- Even without all the brouhaha going on, the pitching staff will need to adjust to a new reality this season (Sports Radio 610)
Around the League
- Baseball Prospectus has released this season’s PECOTA predictions (Baseball Prospectus)
- Will Kris Bryant start the 2020 season in a Chicago Cubs uni? (MLB.com)
- Rob Manfred is not making very many friends as the commissioner of baseball (Sporting News)
- Charlie Morton is still mulling his future after his current contract is over (MLB Trade Rumors)
- The Red Sox will tap Ron Roenicke to fill in for the disgraced Alex Cora (Houston Chronicle)