Yu Darvish, Trevor Bauer, More Respond to Astros' Sign-Stealing Penalties

Several current and retired MLB players responded on social media to the league disciplining the Astros for illegally stealing signs.

Major League Baseball handed out unprecedented penalties to the Astros on Monday for the club illegally stealing signs.

Astros manager AJ Hinch and general manager Jeff Luhnow received one-year suspensions, and the club was fined $5 million. Houston must also forfeit first- and second-round draft picks in both 2020 and 2021. No players will be punished, and the league chose only to discipline those in positions of authority.

One hour after MLB announced its discipline of the club, Astros owner Jim Crane fired Hinch and Luhnow.

The sign-stealing allegations against the Astros came to light in a November report by The Athletic when former Houston pitcher Mike Fiers accused his former team of using a centerfield camera to steal catchers' signs. The pitches were then relayed to batters by a teammate or teammates banging on a trash can in the dugout.

After commissioner Rob Manfred released the findings of MLB's investigation into the Astros allegations, several current and retired players reacted to the news on social media.

If the Dodgers are planning a 2017 World Series parade, I would love to join! So if that is in the works, can someone make a Yu Garbage Jersey for me?

— ダルビッシュ有(Yu Darvish) (@faridyu) January 14, 2020

And I’m not trying to be funny. I bet if we looked there would be a concentration of Astros guys way on the far side of the dugout during their at bats.

— Coach Trev (@trevorplouffe) January 13, 2020

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— ❂ Mike 𝕊𝕌ℕ𝕊ℍ𝕀ℕ𝔼 Clevinger ❂ (@MikeClevinger) January 13, 2020

Didn’t really expect the punishments to be this harsh. Good for MLB stepping up. Still don’t know what’s more frustrating tho, an ex teammate of the WS title team talking publicly about his team cheating or so many guys being down to use a damn trash can lol. Should take the ring

— David Freese (@DavidFreese) January 13, 2020

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— Trevor Bauer (トレバー・バウアー) (@BauerOutage) January 13, 2020

Kershaw, Jensen, Dre, JT, Dave Roberts etc. Legacies were altered because the stealing of signs didn’t occurred on the field of battle man to man but it was off the field, in a tunnel, using technology. #SMH #MLB https://t.co/aXZeRLyeQ2

— Jerry Hairston, Jr. (@TheRealJHair) January 13, 2020

All Pete Rose did was bet on his own team to win...fairly

— Phil Hughes (@PJHughes45) January 13, 2020

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— Noah Syndergaard (@Noahsyndergaard) January 13, 2020