While taking responsibility for his role in the Houston Astros' sign-stealing scandal, Alex Cora won't take all of the blame.

Cora lost his job with the Boston Red Sox and received a season-long suspension after the commissioner's office found he played a pivotal role in the Astros' scheme in 2017.

The former manager and bench coach says he deserved his punishment, but took umbrage with suggestions that he and Carlos Beltran were the driving forces behind it.

"There has been a narrative out there of what happened. Ever since mid-November until the commissioner announced the results of the Red Sox investigation, I have read many things that are true and many others that are not," Cora said.

"Out of this whole process, if there is one thing that I completely reject and disagree with is people within the Astros' organization singling me out, particularly [former general manager] Jeff Luhnow, as if I were the sole mastermind. The commissioner's report sort of explained, in its own way, what happened. But the [Astros players] have spoken up and refuted any allegations that I was solely responsible."

He added: "If there is one thing I am absolutely sure of, it is that it was not a two-man show. We all did it. And let me be very clear that I am not denying my responsibility, because we were all responsible."