[Ardaya} Can’t get over the Nationals having: Bryce Harper Anthony Rendon Max Scherzer Trea Turner Juan Soto All gone in a matter of a few years.

Wouldn’t say myself that it’s the same, but people believe that shortened seasons do result in different outcomes in the postseason due to fatigue and stuff like that. Astros finished 29-31 if I remember correctly and still nearly made the WS that year. Nats and Braves didn’t make hot strides when they won the WS until the All-star break was over.

And to the cheating part, I still speculate that the Astros weren’t the only team cheating in one way or another, which is why I partially think is one of the reasons they were allowed to keep the ring. Former players have called out other teams of cheating, like Erik Katz calling out the Rockies of cheating during 2018. All personal speculation tho, could be wrong. Don’t get me wrong though, I didn’t like the Astros using a system to gain any advantages

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