Are the Yankees Cheating or Just Good?

For all the Shohei Ohtani worship or Paul Skenes hype, nothing in baseball breaks through to the broader public like the possibility of a cheating scandal. Think steroids, Pete Rose betting on his own team, or the Astros’ “banging scheme.” Baseball is more amenable to cheating than some other sports, since it doesn’t require — or at least rely upon — superior athleticism, thus making it easy to gain any sort of edge you can around the margins. And the sport...