For some odd reason, there are people out there trying to soften the blow on the Houston Astros for their role in the widespread sign-stealing scandal that was, by definition, cheating.
But when you’re trying to simply nitpick stats for the sole purpose of making a specific party look bad, it’s misleading.
The fact of the matter is no team cheated as in-depth and widespread as the Astros.
The Yankees also had a lopsided slash line, but they had 50 fewer at-bats at home compared to the road since they were a wild card team.
Others cutting and splicing stats for other teams to try and prove a point are, at this point, nothing but trolls trying to get a rise out of fans on social media.
However, it’s abundantly clear the Astros took it too far, and we’re not going to let them off the hook for it.