Chris Correa Set To Be Released From Prison On December 31, 2018

Jeff Jones Twitter

Is Chris Correa Mocking The Astros' Alleged Sign-Stealing?

Plenty of online eyebrows were raised Tuesday night with the news that the Houston Astros were suspected of using an employee to steal signs and information from the Cleveland Indians and Boston Red Sox, but one Twitter account in particular seems quite notable.

Yahoo

What Happened To Chris Correa?

As the 2017 spring season wore on, it became increasingly difficult to score against one of the four clubs in the softball league at the federal prison camp in Cumberland, Md. The Dogs played the standard 10 fielders, but it seemed as if they had twice as many.

Sports Illustrated

The Cardinals Are Lost In Translation, On & Off The Field

The St. Louis Cardinals aren't having a great week so far. To quote Crash Davis, they are dealing with a lot of stuff.

KSDK

Cardinals Make Changes At The Top

On the brink of a month that could take them in a direction they’ve never gone during the DeWitt Era, the Cardinals promoted longtime general manager John Mozeliak and “refreshed” their front office with the hope it can find new ways to meet age-old expectations.

Post-Dispatch

Cardinals On Sidelines As Draft Starts

This time around, the first day of the amateur draft wasn’t much fun for the Cardinals front office.

Gordo

Cardinals Keep Routine Despite No Day One Pick

Second-year scouting director Randy Flores will gather with his staff on Monday, just as he would on any first day of any MLB Draft. For the Cardinals, however, this will be far from a normal Day 1 Draft experience.

St. Louis Official Site

This Year's Draft Will Be A Challenge For Cardinals

Two decades or so ago, when he was running the draft for another National League club, Gary LaRocque saw a scout slump in the back of the room, the scout’s eyes drifting from the task. The drumbeat of the draft had, at this point, long since lost the hip-hop of the early rounds and was settling into a monotone list of names and positions and the occasional dial tone. Despite all the picks made, the scout had yet to have a player from his area selected.

Post-Dispatch

Cardinals To Seek Best Talent In Draft

The 2017 Draft will take place from Monday through Wednesday, beginning with the Draft preview show on MLB Network and MLB.com at 5 p.m. CT on Monday. MLB Network will broadcast the first 36 picks (Round 1 and Competitive Balance Round A), while MLB.com will stream all 75 picks on Day 1. MLB.com will also provide live pick-by-pick coverage of Rounds 3-10 on Day 2, starting at 12 p.m. CT. Rounds 11-40 can be heard live on MLB.com on Wednesday, beginning at 11 a.m. CT.

St. Louis Official Site

Drone Crash During Padres Game Has MLB Security 'Monitoring' Situation

What’s that in the sky? A bird? A plane?

KSDK

Q&A: Jeff Luhnow On Analytics, Unusual Career Path

Unlike many general managers, Houston's Jeff Luhnow hasn't been a baseball lifer.

Houston Official Site

Marco Gonzales On 'Bizarre Feeling' Of Info Being Hacked

It was the offeseason, the pitcher wasn't even pitching, and suddenly his name was on CBSSports.com. And, of course, stltoday.com. And even SCmagazine.com, which touts itself as “The Cyber-security Source.”

Hochman

Lance Lynn Says Rotation Still Strong Without Alex Reyes; Yadier Molina Is Honored; Prompt Payment; Short Training Period

Alex Reyes, a potential member of a strong Cardinals rotation, has been lost for the season after elbow surgery. But, according to righthander Lance Lynn, that doesn’t mean the rotation still can’t be dominant.

Post-Dispatch

Bill DeWitt: Cardinals Have Paid Hacking Fine, Happy To Move On

Cardinals chairman Bill DeWitt Jr. has authorized a $2-million check to be paid directly to the Houston Astros as damages for whatever loss or trouble was caused by the illegal computer hacking done by a Cardinals' employee.

Bird Land

With Two Fewer Picks & Tighter Purse, Cardinals Scouts Fan Out For Draft

About the same time the Cardinals’ scouts gathered last week in St. Louis to plot how they’ll fan out and spot the talents the team would take in this summer’s draft, they all learned they’ll have two fewer players to find, two whole rounds they’ll just watch.

Post-Dispatch

Joe Sheehan Assesses Would It Make Sense For The Cardinals To Start With Alex Reyes In The Bullpen

Joe Sheehan joined Bernie Miklasz to give an overview on the Cardinals a week out of Spring Training, the idea of Reyes in the bullpen, potential regression from Cubs rotation, assessing the Pirates, and the Cardinals penalties from HackGate.

101 ESPN

Did The Cardinals Do Enough To Catch The Cubs?

Well, no.

Excuse me for getting straight to the point, but no the signings of Dexter Fowler and Brett Cecil weren’t enough for the St. Louis Cardinals to make up 17.5 games in the NL Central to catch the World Series champion Chicago Cubs.

FanRags

John Mozeliak On The Front Office 2-5-17

MLB Network Radio Twitter

Astros: To Trade For Jose Quintana Or Not, That Is The Question

With the extra draft picks, will the Astros finally make the trade for Quintana?

Climbing Tal's Hill

Do The Cardinals Deserve A Competitive-Balance Pick?

If you haven’t heard the news, the St. Louis Cardinals received their punishment from Major League Baseball this week in response to the actions of former director of amateur scouting, Chris Correa. Correa hacked the database of the Houston Astros using some variation of the password Eckstein. As Jeff Sullivan explained, the Cardinals are expected both to pay the Astros $2 million and give them two draft picks, numbers 56 and 75. The consensus seems to be that the Cardinals got off light.

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