MLB notebook: Astros' パン職人 関心d as 批評 continues
New Houston Astros 経営者／支配人 Dusty パン職人 is 関心d …に反対するing 投手s will 報復する against his players by hitting them with pitches in the wake of the team's 調印する-stealing スキャンダル.
Los Angeles ペテン師 投手 Ross Stripling said Friday there will be a time and a place for 報復 from the 塚. Cleveland Indians 投手 マイク Clevinger 以前 宣言するd Astros hitters won't have comfortable at-bats in the 早期に part of the season.
"I'm depending on the league to try to put a stop to this seemingly premeditated 報復 that I'm 審理，公聴会 about," パン職人 told reporters Saturday, によれば ESPN. "And in most instances in life, you get 肉親，親類d of けん責（する），戒告d when you have premeditated anything. I'm just hoping that the league puts a stop to this before somebody gets 傷つける."
As spring training gets 進行中で, many players have 配達するd 批判的な takes on the Astros' system in 2017 to steal 投手s' 調印するs and relay what pitch is coming to their 乱打するs. Houston ended up winning the World Series that year, winning a Game 7 over the ペテン師.
--Just days after わびるing for what some consider the biggest cheating スキャンダル in baseball history, the Astros are 攻撃するing 支援する at their critics, すなわち the Los Angeles ペテン師' Cody Bellinger.
Astros shortstop Carlos Correa 答える／応じるd to Bellinger's 批評 from Friday, telling The 運動競技の and MLB 網状組織 that the ペテン師' 強打者 is misinformed. Bellinger also said he thought Jose Altuve "stole an 最高殊勲選手" from New York Yankees' 強打者 Aaron 裁判官 in 2017.
"The problem I have is when players go out there and they don't know the facts; they're not 知らせるd about the 状況／情勢 and they just go out there and go on camera and just talk," Correa said. "With me, that doesn't seem 権利. It doesn't seem 権利 at all."
"What we did in 2017, yeah, it was an advantage," Correa 追加するd. "Yeah, it was wrong. Yeah, we feel bad about it. Because it's 完全に ... it's just bad. It's j ust bad. It's a bad look for our organization. It's a bad look for us players. But I'm here to tell you Jose Altuve earned that 最高殊勲選手. That's his 最高殊勲選手, and nobody can take that away from him."
--The 影響s of the Astros' 調印する-stealing スキャンダル have trickled 負かす／撃墜する to Little League.
The Orange 郡 登録（する） 報告（する）／憶測d the Long Beach Little League and the East Fullerton Little League have banned the use of the 指名する Astros from their teams this year.
"Parents are disgusted," Long Beach Little League 大統領，／社長 Steve Klaus told the newspaper. "They are disgusted with the Astros and their 欠如（する） of 所有権 and accountability. We know there's more to this スキャンダル. What's coming tomorrow? With the Astros, you've got premeditated cheating."
--The Oakland 運動競技のs acquired 権利-hander Burch Smith in a 貿易（する） with the San Francisco 巨大（な）s, who had 指定するd the 投手 for assignment Monday.
Smith, 29, had a 2.08 ERA in 10 外見s with the 巨大（な）s last season after he was selected off 権利放棄s from the Milwaukee Brewers. In three seasons with the San Diego Padres, Kansas City 王室のs, Brewers and 巨大（な）s, Smith is 2-10 with a 6.57 ERA in 65 外見s (13 starts).
It was the first 処理／取引 between the Bay Area teams since left-hander Adam Pettyjohn was 貿易（する）d from the 巨大（な）s to the A's in 2004 for cash considerations.
--The New York Yankees 調印するd 権利-hander Chad Bettis to a minor league 契約, によれば 多重の 報告（する）／憶測s. Bettis will also receive an 招待 to spring training.
He will receive $1.5 million if he makes the big league roster with an 適切な時期 to earn an 付加 $2 million in 業績／成果 特別手当s, によれば MLB.com.
Bettis, who turns 31 in April, was just 1-6 with a 6.08 ERA in 39 外見s (three starts) last season for the Colorado Rockies. His season 結論するd when he underwent hip 外科 in late August.
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