After seeing Harold Reynolds analysis of Carlos Correa on Hot Stove Do you believe him when he says Altuve did not cheat ?

I'm inclined to believe Correa's claim that Altuve didn't cheat. Take a look at his numbers prior to the 2017 season: He had 200+ hits in 3 straight seasons and had won 2 batting titles in 3 years.

Compare his 2017 season to his 2016 season; he had more doubles, triples, and RBI, and he walked more and struck out less in '16. I would think that a hitter as talented as Altuve would have had better numbers across the board if he knew what was coming, but that wasn't the case.

I think that Correa benefited greatly from the scheme -- his average jumped 41 points and his slugging percentage rose a whopping 99 points -- as did Marwin Gonzalez (.303 average and .530 slugging in '17 vs. .254 and .401 in '16) but that doesn't mean every Houston player cheated.

I think Altuve played the game clean.

No other at all in my opinion

Altuve was a great hitter before the team Beltran brought out his magic trash can so if Harold says he didn't cheat that's good enough for me.

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Harold Reynolds is my favorite "talking head" on MLB Network.  He seems very rational but he is also a bit "old school".  He is resistant to the advanced metrics as are many former players from his era (pun intended).

But Reynolds, like others, is trying to play the "degrees" of cheating.  The idea is that YES the Astros cheated but it didn't make much difference; or that the difference is not measurable.  As much as I like Reynolds, I disagree.  Cheating is taking an illegal advantage and it doesn't matter if it's a "little" cheating or a lot.  Altuve had an advantage via an illegal method of sign stealing.  Even if Altuve never used the system, his team mates used the system, providing Altuve with an advantage (more at-bats, more base runners, etc.).

MLB rules do not provide for a title to be vacated.  If the Astros ball club really wants to put this behind them, they should rescind the title on their own.

Harold Reynolds spent most of his playing career with the Seattle Mariners from 1983 to 1992 before spending his last two years as a journeyman who played for the Baltimore Orioles (1993), California Angels (1994) and was technically a part of the San Diego Padres (1994) and Kansas City Royals (1995) organizations but never played for either club as Reynolds was dealt to California before he even had a chance to suit up for the Padres, more likely coz he would've been buried at backup 2B behind starting second baseman Bip Roberts.

And with Kansas City in 1995, Harold Reynolds would've been further buried down the 2B depth chart behind starter Keith Lockhart and backups David Howard, Jose Lind, Edgar Caceres, Chris Stynes and Jose Mota.

The Houston Astros are clean!!