Nick Markakis had some strong words for the Houston Astros.
The Atlanta Braves veteran outfielder expressed deep frustration with the Houston Astros, telling reporters at Spring Training that “every single guy over there needs a beating.”
He added “it’s wrong, they’ve been messing with peoples’ careers,” and said it made him angry.
Houston’s general manager Jeff Lunhow and manager A.J. Hinch were suspended for a year and ultimately fired, but none of the players on the team got any type of punishment for their actions.
Two other managers – Alex Cora of the Boston Red Sox and Carlos Beltran of the New York Mets also lost their jobs after their names were posted in MLB’s report on the cheating.
“I know we’re all competitive, and we’re all out there competing, but there’s right ways to do it and wrong ways to do it and I 100 percent disagree with the way they did it,” he said. “There’s a lot of people that were hurt by it, and it was wrong. And I think the punishment and everything – I think just everything has been handled the wrong way.”
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“I think they got off pretty easy. They’re gonna be able to go out there and compete with no ramifications at all, which is wrong,” Markakis said. “And I think the commissioner completely handled it the wrong way. But you know, that’s the way he did it and that’s the way we gotta live with it. But I know a lot of people disagree with him – and the way he handled this situation, he should be embarrassed of himself.”
