Former St. Louis Cardinals Scouting Director Chris Correa, who was hired in 2014 after spending several years in the organization, plead guilty Friday to 5 of the 12 charges related to the Cardinals' unlawful hacking of the Astros' computer system Ground Control. Correa faces a maximum sentence of five years in prison. Sentencing is set to occur later this spring. Correa was fired in July of 2015 and was replaced by ex-Cardinals southpaw Randy Flores.
The FBI and MLB announced in June of 2015 that they were conducting an investigation that alleged that the Cardinals hacked into the Astros computer system Ground Control. Multiple instances of unlawful access into the system occurred in 2012, 2013, and 2014 and came from a computer in Jupiter, Florida, the spring training home of the Cardinals. Subsequently, information regarding Astros trade talks with other teams, as well as other information, was leaked to the public.
Correa claims that he hacked the system in order to find out if Astros General Manager Jeff Lunhow took proprietary information with him when he left the Cardinals in 2012 to become Houston's GM. Correa also claims that he did in fact discover proprietary information in the system regarding the Cardinals. Lunhow served as St. Louis' Scouting Director for many years and orchestrated some of the Cardinals best drafts, including 2009.
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