Now several people (including apparently a member of Beltran's family) are saying that the Astros moved away from banging a garbage can or whistling to instead having players wear devices taped to their inside shoulder that would buzz to signal the pitch type. This continued through 2019 and included Altuve's walk-off home run against Chapman to clinch the 2019 ALCS (note that Altuve held his jersey shut and refused to let anyone tear it off as he returned to the plate). There are various photos of the alleged devices floating around on Twitter, along with a growing pool of pseudo-analysis of inside shoulders and outlines that are shaped like the wire/device. If true, it suggests that the team became better at their cheating over time and continued using it, as opposed to simply abandoning something that had delivered them a World Series title. More to come, perhaps.

Like every single member of the Astros organization, Jessica Mendoza can kick rocks.