The Astros sacked general manager Jeff Luhnow and manager A.J. Hinch after the duo were suspended following an MLB investigation into allegations of sign stealing.
Luhnow and Hinch were given year-long bans by MLB while Houston were fined $5million and have been forced to forfeit their first and second-round picks in the 2020 and 2021 drafts.
In a statement, MLB commissioner Rob Manfred said the Astros were warned about the league’s policies on sign stealing in September 2017 and “took no action” to comply with these during their run to a maiden World Series title later that season.
But on Saturday, 2017 American League MVP Altuve told reporters: “Believe me, in the end of the year, everything will be fine.
“We’re going to be in the World Series again. People don’t believe it, we will. We will. We made it last year, we were one game away of winning it all.”
Altuve – a six-time All-Star and 2015 Gold Glove winner – added: “I have two options. One is cry, and one is go down and play the game and [perform] and help my team. And you know what one I am going to do.”
“It’s a tough situation, and as a team, we have to stay together and go through this as a team like we’ve been doing, always,” added five-time Silver Slugger Altuve.
“We have to talk about it at spring training and try not to let things in the past distract us for next year.”
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