[daneblazer]

Derrick Goold of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that the Cardinals must send two top draft picks to the Astros and pay a $2 million fine as punishment for former scouting director Chris Correa hacking into the Astros' player information database.

Correa was sentenced last year to 46 months in prison for corporate espionage, and now Major League Baseball has concluded its own investigation by permanently banning him from baseball. Houston will get the 56th and 75th overall picks in the 2017 MLB June Amateur Draft, along with $1.8 million in budgetary funds that come with those draft slots. St. Louis won't make its first selection until 94th overall. It's an unprecedented punishment, though some higher-ups from other organizations are already complaining to national reporters that the Cardinals got off light. St. Louis lost its first-round pick in 2017 with the December signing of free agent center fielder Dexter Fowler. The club had four of the top 70 selections in 2016.
Source: Derrick Goold on Twitter
Jan 30 - 2:04 PM

[Fire in da hole]

If you aren't cheating, you aren't trying...

[Buckandadime]

If you aren't cheating, you aren't trying...

Nobody likes a quitter!!
You guys think everybody does it and they were just lucky enough to get caught?

[Fire in da hole]

I don't think to this extent, but yeah, I'm sure clubs do things to get an advantage.