St. Louis Cardinals Fined $2 Million, Lose Two Draft Picks For Astros Hacking
By Ty Duffy
MLB has punished the St. Louis Cardinals for hacking into the Houston Astros’ database in 2015. The Cardinals will pay a $2 million fine and lose their top two draft picks in next year’s draft.
BREAKING: Major League Baseball rules St. Louis must forfeit top 2 draft picks and pay Houston $2 million for hacking Astros
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The Cardinals still have the best fans in America and are unblemished when it comes to violating baseball’s unwritten rules, though. So, there’s that.
And, no, this was not exactly like Silicon Valley.