Cardinals GM: Investigations show Astros hacker acted alone
St. Louis Cardinals general manager and vice president John Mozeliak is distancing his franchise from the actions of former scout Chris Correa.
Correa was handed a lifetime ban from MLB and sentenced to four years in prison for hacking into databases belonging to the Houston Astros in 2013, a crime that also cost the Cardinals their top two draft picks in June's draft as well as a $2-million fine.
But despite Correa admitting in court that he had informed colleagues of the incident, Mozeliak says three separate probes couldn't find another guilty party in the Cardinals organization.
"I assure you, from our internal investigation, the FBI investigation, and MLB's investigation, nobody could connect the dots to another employee," Mozeliak told MLB Network Radio's Jim Bowden and Jim Duquette on Sunday.
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Correa released a statement Tuesday on his Twitter account berating the punishment handed down by the league and alleging the Astros first hacked data on a server hosted by the Cardinals in 2001.
MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred rebuffed the statement, however, clarifying that Correa was handed a permanent ban not for the scandal itself, but for not cooperating with the league in its investigation.