What Chris Correa’s hacking case sentencing means for Cardinals

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ST. LOUIS – Major League Baseball has put the St. Louis Cardinals on the clock.

Now that former scouting director Chris Correa has been sentenced to nearly four years in prison for illegally accessing the Houston Astros’ data, the league has said that it will decide as quickly as possible whether the team should be punished.

Commissioner Rob Manfred’s office said it now is turning the matter over to its investigation arm, saying Monday that it plans to “conduct a complete investigation of the facts in this matter, including requesting information from the appropriate law enforcement authorities. The commissioner hopes that the investigation can be completed promptly and put him in a position to take appropriate action.”

Nobody really knows what such “appropriate action” would look like, though speculation seems to be that it could include fines, limiting the money the team spends on signing young players or confiscating one or even multiple draft picks.

Correa was sentenced in federal court Monday to 46 months in prison six months after he pleaded guilty to five counts of unauthorized access to a protected …

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