New York Yankees general manager Brian Cashman and Houston Astros owner Jim Crane have traded barbs this season regarding the two clubs' sign-stealing scandals. Before the start of the 2022 MLB season, Cashman took exception to a question asked about New York's World Series drought, alluding to the fact that there wouldn't have been one if not for the cheating Astros. Ironically, the Yankees were caught for stealing signs during the 2015 and 2016 seasons, documented in the ‘Yankees Letter' prompting Crane to send a not-so-subtle shot at the Yankees, encouraging them- and other cheating teams- to “keep their mouths shut.” Cashman definitely didn't comply with that request, as he fired back at Crane with a response worthy of a mic drop on Thursday, as reported by ESPN.

“I don't think anybody's going to dance to the tune he's singing,” Cashman said before the first of a four-game set against the White Sox at Guaranteed Rate Field on Thursday. “I'd say it's called deflection, him trying to equate probably … an equivalent of a parking ticket to maybe 162 felonies.”

Cashman said that no one is “dancing to the tune that Crane is singing”, accusing the Astros owner of “deflection.” But the real mic drop moment occurred immediately after that, when the Yankees executive said that Crane is basically trying to equate the “equivalent of a parking ticket to maybe 162 felonies.”

Wow. Cashman clearly didn't hold back, saying that the Yankees' cheating was on a very minor scale while the Astros' was game-changing. It is hard to argue with the Yankees general manager there, especially considering that Crane's team cheated on the game's biggest scale- the playoffs and the World Series.

Kind of like comparing a parking ticket to 162 felonies, as Cashman said.