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MLB expected to inform Cardinals of punishment for hacking before spring training

Caylor Arnold-USA TODAY Sports

The St. Louis Cardinals are expected to hear from Major League Baseball before spring training in regards to the punishment the team will receive after the club was under investigation for breaching the Houston Astros' database.

"I think the goal is for the Commissioner to get things completed by late January, hopefully early February at the latest," Cardinals principal owner Bill DeWitt Jr. told Jennifer Langosch of MLB.com.

"They've done a lot of investigative work and have reviewed everything that occurred in the federal procedures. At this point, I think they're in pretty good shape with what's going to get them to make a decision."

The FBI and the Justice Department informed the team of the investigation around two years ago after a Cardinals employee illegally accessed the Astros' database that contained internal trade discussions as well as scouting reports.

Chris Correa, the Cardinals former scouting director, was sentenced to 46 months in prison and fined over $279,000 after the investigation revealed he had accessed the Astros' database multiple times to receive private information.

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