Evan Gattis, who recently retired, says the Houston Astros deserve scorn for the sign-stealing scandal during their 2017 World Series-winning season.

"Everybody wants to be the best player in the f---ing world, man…and we cheated that, for sure, and we obviously cheated baseball and cheated fans," Gattis said. "I'm not asking for sympathy or anything like that. If our punishment is being hated by everybody forever, just like whatever. I don't know what should be done, but something had to f---ing be done. I do agree with that, big-time. I do think it's good for baseball that we're cleaning it up…And I understand that it's not f---ing good enough to say sorry. I get it."

Gattis added that he has no problem with Mike Fiers, who publicly blew the whistle on the Astros' wrongdoing last November.

"He had something to say, so he had to f---ing say it and then we had to get punished," he said. "Because if not, then what? It'd f---ing get even more out of control. I mean, it's a tough subject. Yeah, I think a lot of people feel duped, and I understand that."