First, baseball wanted to get frank accounts of what the Astros did from players, so it granted immunity in cooperation for testimony. Baseball players are incredibly loyal to both each other and the code of the clubhouse. ADADMaybe MLB’s investigators wouldn’t have received the full, detailed picture of what the players did had they told the players they could be punished. It’s easy to name Beltran — and not, say, Bregman, Correa or Springer — because he is no longer a player. “I was joking with somebody that their biggest free agent acquisition was Carlos Beltran,” Cora said just before providing an exaggerated wink.

Source: Washington Post January 15, 2020 21:11 UTC