Astros’ Carlos Correa responds to White Sox pitcher’s ‘disrespectful’ sign-stealing implication after ALDS win

The Astros ended the White Sox season by beating them in Tuesday’s ALDS Game 4, 10-1. One would possibly recall that after the White Sox’s lone win of the collection on Sunday night time, reliever Ryan Tepera took a shot on the Astros. 

Particularly, he mentioned the well-known sign-stealing scandal from the 2017 season. 

“They’ve had a repute of doing a little sketchy stuff over there,” mentioned Tepera. “We will say it is somewhat little bit of a distinction. I believe you noticed the swings and misses tonight in comparison with the primary two video games at Minute Maid.”

The Astros struck out 9 occasions in Sport 4 Tuesday. In addition they scored 10 runs on 14 hits, which included three doubles and a house run. If Tepera’s implication was that the Astros cheat effectively at dwelling and never as effectively on the highway, issues did not actually line up on this one. 

Astros shortstop Carlos Correa went 2 for 4 and had the early huge blow with a two-RBI double to take the lead for good. After the sport he was requested about Tepera’s feedback.

“Disrespectful phrases with no info with nothing to say,” Correa mentioned. “We scored six runs at dwelling, then we scored, what, like 9? Then we scored six once more right here, they only occurred to attain 12. And then you definitely take a look at our OPS on the highway that is the very best in all the massive leagues via a 162-game season which we performed 81 on the highway. Their OPS was so much greater at dwelling than it was on the highway.

“He must know the info.”

Correa did his homework. The Astros led the majors this season with a .780 highway OPS. The White Sox’s dwelling OPS was .789 in comparison with a .729 highway OPS. 

Whether or not any of this implies something is as much as you, pricey reader, however when Correa mentioned he was speaking info, he was.