That's going to change. Bonds and Clemens almost made it this year and just wait until Alex Rodriguez is eligible. East coast writers will fall all over themselves justifying his induction even though he's an admitted cheater.
The Red Sox are likely to be punished for cheating. The Yankees and Dodgers both have been suspected of it, even before the Astros issue exploded onto the media. Shall we punish them all? Shall we zero out all their wins? Or should we only punish those who fess up to breaking the rules?
Given this reaction, I don't think you'll see another team admit to cheating even though it is clear there was more than the Astros doing it.
No A Rod is extra screwed. He was the great clean hope that was supposed to rescue the record book from that rotten cheating Bonds. Then he got suspended. They HATE him. He’ll never get in.
In the end it’s similar to the NFL’s signal stealing problem. The league needs to change the rules. Visible signals are so 19th century, get modern baseball. Or get used to these scandals.