Ex-Astros player calls sign-stealing whistleblower a 'crap' teammate, suggests Yankees may be guilty, too

The New York Yankees-Houston Astros rivalry is inactive blistery and heavy.

The Yanks are successful their first World Series since 2009, and Yankees wide manager Brian Cashman suggested that if the Astros had not cheated successful 2017, the Yanks' instrumentality would person been sooner.

"I hatred the 15-year happening due to the fact that it wholly forgets and discounts that immoderate different organizations cheated america erstwhile we were each the mode successful the end," Cashman said connected MLB Network's "High Heat" Wednesday. 

"I don’t deliberation it accurately reflects history."

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Josh Reddick and Mike Fiers astatine the 2017 World Series parade. The Astros defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers 5-1 successful Game 7 to triumph the 2017 World Series.   (Tim Warner/Getty Images)

The Astros stole signs passim that season, banging connected trash cans to alert players which transportation was coming. It's speculated the cheating continued good beyond that season.

But 1 subordinate of that 2017 Astros squad seems to deliberation Cashman mightiness person immoderate skeletons successful his closet.

Josh Reddick caught upwind of Cashman's comments and responded.

"Hey Brian, wherefore did your squad people little than 5 runs astatine Minute Maid but scored each those runs successful New York," Reddick posted connected X. The Yankees mislaid each 4 games successful Houston but won each 3 successful the Bronx.

Josh Reddick of the Houston Astros celebrates with teammates successful the clubhouse aft the Astros defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers successful Game 7 of the 2017 World Series astatine Dodger Stadium Nov. 1, 2017, successful Los Angeles. (Alex Trautwig/MLB via Getty Images)

Another idiosyncratic asked Reddick to uncover however different teams, seemingly including the Yankees, cheated, but helium declined due to the fact that helium is "not a snitch."

That aforesaid user, though, went backmost to Reddick.

"So what ? You're retired of the game. Your erstwhile teammate [Mike Fiers] didn't springiness a [poop emoji] erstwhile helium leaked the trash tin system. What makes it antithetic from you being a ‘snitch’ vs spreading the truth."

Fiers was the scheme's whistleblower, reporting it successful November 2019.

"That’s bc helium was a [poop emoji] teammate adjacent earlier snitching," Reddick replied.

The Astros bushed the Yanks successful the 2019 ALCS, but it's been speculated that Jose Altuve was wearing a ligament during his walk-off location run. Three years later, though, agelong aft punishments were handed down, Houston swept the Yanks successful the ALCS again.

Jose Altuve, left, and Josh Reddick of the Houston Astros observe aft the Astros defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers successful Game 3 of the 2017 World Series astatine Minute Maid Park Oct. 27, 2017, successful Houston. (Rob Tringali/MLB via Getty Images)

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The Yanks didn't person to interest astir Houston this year. The Astros were swept by the Detroit Tigers successful the wild-card circular this year.

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