Cardinals Fire Chris Correa After Leave of Absence & Investigation Into Astros Hacking

The St. Louis Cardinals have terminated the contract of their scouting director, Chris Correa, after an “imposed leave of absence,” a Cardinals lawyer said Thursday.
Post-Dispatch

The Cardinals fire their scouting director in the midst of a federal investigation into alleged hacking of the Houston Astros. Cardinals Chairman Bill DeWitt Jr. confirms to KMOX that scouting director Chris Correa is terminated. DeWitt declined to comment on the reasons. And when asked others could loses their jobs, he says the internal investigation into alleged hacking into the Astros is ongoing.
KMOX

The first pin has dropped in the FBI's hacking investigation into the St. Louis Cardinals supposed hacking of the Houston Astros database in 2013. During a press conference Thursday afternoon, John Mozeliak, the St. Louis Cardinals' General Manager, confirmed that Scouting Director Chris Correa has been fired after an imposed absence.
KSDK

 A major development surfaced in the scandal embroiling the St. Louis Cardinals Thursday, when the club fired scouting director Chris Correa amidst a federal investigation into allegations that a member of the organization illegally accessed the data servers of the Houston Astros.
KMOV

Scouting director Chris Correa, a member of the Cardinals' front office since 2009, was dismissed by the organization on Wednesday after he admitted to accessing the Astros' database without authorization. General manager John Mozeliak confirmed the firing, which was first reported by the St. Louis Post-Dispatch on Thursday afternoon.
St. Louis Official Site

The Cardinals fired scouting director Chris Correa on Thursday but would not say if it was a direct result of the team’s internal investigation into the alleged breach of the Houston Astros’ internal computer database by one or more team employees.
STL Sports Page

The federal investigation has not been completed, but the St. Louis Cardinals handed out some discipline of their own on Thursday as the team terminated the contract of Scouting Director Chris Correa.
STL Baseball Weekly