TAMPA, Fla. _ Like his owner last week and many of his players this week, Yankees general manager Brian Cashman expressed a desire to "move on" from the Astros' illegal sign-stealing scandal and focus on the 2020 season.
But Cashman, like Hal Steinbrenner and the players who have addressed it, didn't equivocate on the ramifications of what the Astros did and the impact it might have had on the 2017 ALCS, which the Yankees lost to the Astros in seven games.
"I definitely think it had an effect on things, without question," Cashman said Friday afternoon. "Certainly, the Houston Astros were dealing with a distinct advantage more so than their opponents. That's a fact. I don't think anyone can disagree with that, even though they may try."
