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Cardinals get smacked in hacking case

Frayed Knot Jan 30 2017 08:23 PM

If you remember the case from a couple years ago when a StL front office employee, Chris Correa, was nabbed for having hacked into the Astros' computer system in order to steal some player evaluation info in advance to a then upcoming draft, well MLB has apparently just completed their disposition of this whole mess. Correa is currently serving jail time for the act but of course that's the criminal part of it not the MLB part. - In short the Astros will get the first two StL draft picks in this year's draft -- numbers 56 & 75 overall (the Cards have no 1st round pick due to signing Dexter Fowler). They also lose the money in their draft allocation for those two draft slots (if you can't draft the players they you don't get the money for them) while the Astros get their budget increased by the same amount. - The also have to pay Houston a $2 million fine - and finally Correa is placed on the permanently ineligible list for MLB, but that's pretty much just a formality at this point.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Jan 30 2017 08:26 PM Re: Cardinals get smacked in hacking case

Cardinals deserve this but not sure every team in the AL West ought to pay the price!

Edgy MD Jan 30 2017 08:29 PM Re: Cardinals get smacked in hacking case

I'm suspicious that Correa and Correa alone takes the fall.

Frayed Knot Jan 30 2017 08:38 PM Re: Cardinals get smacked in hacking case

... but not sure every team in the AL West ought to pay the price! I guess one could argue that Houston was set-back because of the act years ago and this is just now making up for it, even though I don't know that it's ever been proven that their picks or roster were actually harmed by what the guy stole. But certainly the fact that StL could have thrown a wrench into Houston's draft plans is enough of a reason for the penalty. Would be a juicier revenge story though if the two teams were still division rivals. I'm suspicious that Correa and Correa alone takes the fall. From a criminal sense I don't think either MLB or law enforcement had any evidence that anyone else but him was in on the ploy. From MLB's viewpoint this does punish the current the StL front office as responsible for what he did whether any higher-ups had knowledge or not. StL's 1st draft pick this June will now be the 94th overall, three slots ahead of the Mets' 3rd choice.