Colorado Rockies: GM Jeff Bridich on the Houston Astros cheating allegations

A big story in baseball this offseason has been the allegations of cheating by the Houston Astros by sign stealing using technology and on Tuesday, Colorado Rockies GM Jeff Bridich was asked about his thoughts on the situation.

Since the Commissioner’s investigation into the Houston Astros on stealing signs using cameras and other forms of technology has taken so long, despite all of the action that has taken place at the Winter Meetings in San Diego, there have been a lot of rumblings, both on and off the record, about the Houston Astros at the Grand Hyatt Hotel.

The allegations first came out when former Astros pitcher and current Oakland Athletics pitcher Mike Fiers told Ken Rosenthal and Evan Drellich of The Athletic about the situation.

During an extended media session that included Rox Pile’s Kevin Henry, Colorado Rockies general manager was asked about the situation and what it means when players like Fiers come out and bring these things to light.

"“You know,” said Bridich, “nothing changes unless there are people willing to step out and take risks like that. It’s still too early to comment on what will actually happen or what is actually going to be uncovered or found. I am not an insider on this. Look, I haven’t talked to Mike so I don’t know what his motivations were so I’m not going to pretend to be overly in the know on the particulars. If there is justice to be had, then it takes certain people like that to make that happen.”"

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With situations like this and in other sports, Bridich was asked on whether baseball has learned from these kinds of situations and he compared the situation to another successful team in a different professional sport

"“It’s not just our industry,” said Bridich. “I think you’re saying sports in general. These are highly competitive industries in terms of technology. Look at the Patriots and what’s going on now. I don’t think it’s any surprise that teams of any sport are constantly looking for an edge but there also are rules in place.”“I think the social consciousness of it now and it’s easily out there now, whether it’s sports, politics, Hollywood or general life, these sorts of things are out there and on the consciousness.”"

For the Astros and the Patriots, this is not the first time either team has been accused of cheating as both the Astros and Patriots have been accused of it for years.

As the offseason develops, we will hopefully hear more on the repercussions of the situation for the Astros and how it could impact the rest of Major League Baseball.

Even though the Winter Meetings are starting to wind down, stay tuned for our coverage as we still have plenty to report on from San Diego.