The Astros’ rise to perennial contender has come with suspicion from their rivals.

The Yankees were the latest opponent to be frustrated by the Astros’ alleged tactics. The Yankees believe Astros players and/or coaches in the dugout were using whistles to signal hitters as part of a sign-stealing program during Game 1 of the ALCS.

The Astros repeatedly have been accused of in-game cheating in their past three dominant seasons, but have never faced any repercussions from the league. That continued Thursday. The Post’s Joel Sherman confirmed that MLB investigated the Yankees’ whistle accusations and found no evidence of activities prohibited by their policies.

The Astros defeated the Rays in five games in the ALDS. In the deciding game in Houston, Rays starter Tyler Glasnow was convinced he was tipping pitches during a four-run first-inning Astros outburst in their 6-1 win.

A former Rays pitcher took it a step further.

“The @RaysBaseball using multiple signs from the catcher to the pitcher with no @astros on base… folks, that means the Rays feel there is a camera on their catchers signs & that someway #Houston is relaying them to the hitters,” Seth McClung, who spent six seasons in Tampa and Milwaukee, wrote on Twitter.

Last year, the Indians filed a complaint with MLB claiming a man associated with the Astros attempted to film in their dugout during Game 3 of the American League Division Series. Then, during the ALCS against Boston, a man with a camera was removed from an area near the Red Sox dugout in the series-opening game.

One industry source told Bleacher Report last season that the Astros have long been known to regularly scout locations in various ballparks from which to film in order to steal signs. Managers and players have complained that no matter what they do, it still felt as if the Astros always know what’s coming.

“I don’t think it’s any secret they do it,’’ a person connected to an AL West team told The Post’s George A. King III of the whistling controversy. “They bang pipes. We have heard they have cameras around the park and that some way of communicating originates from their bullpen. Just look at their home record.’’

The Astros take a 2-1 series lead into Game 4 of the ALCS on Thursday night against the Yankees.