The team was fined $5 million and forced to forfeit its first- and second-round draft picks for the 2020 and 2021 drafts. While sign-stealing with the naked eye is legal, the league prohibits any use of technology. In its investigation, MLB found that once they decoded the opposing catcher’s signs, players would bang on a trash can to signal to batters what was coming, believing it would improve the batter's odds of getting a hit. CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APPThe player-driven scheme started in 2017 and continued throughout the 2018 season. Houston won the franchise's first championship three years ago, beating the Los Angeles Dodgers in Game 7 of the World Series.

Source: Fox News February 07, 2020 18:22 UTC