Cardinals To Send Two Draft Picks To Astros, Pay $2MM Fine For Data Breach Scandal

[Chuck]

http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2017/01/cardinals-to-send-two-draft-picks-to-astros-pay-2mm-fine-for-data-breach-scandal.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=facebook

[happybat4]

Not enough in my opinion.

[ettin]

1 hour ago, happybat4 said:

Not enough in my opinion.

Agreed. Other than the individual prison sentence there is not enough to deter a team from doing this again in the future. Next time the team will simply be better at covering up an actual individual or individuals so that only the team gets punished.

[Oz27]

1 hour ago, happybat4 said:

Not enough in my opinion.

Yep, nowhere near enough. I don't really like the precedent this sets. This sums it up well from Fangraphs...

"The Cardinals were never going to get completely and utterly torn apart, but all this is is a bump in the road, following the first known hack in major-league history. I don’t know how effectively this is going to prevent a second."

http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/the-cardinals-got-off-light-for-the-astros-hack/

They estimate the fine plus the value of the draft picks means the Cardinals lost an employee and $5-10 million, which feels very light. Either they should have lost more picks (their first pick in 2018, since they don't have a 2017 first rounder) or have had their international signing pool removed.

[Ohtaniland]

1 hour ago, happybat4 said:

Not enough in my opinion.

So you want the Astros to get more? 

[Inside Pitch]

They got off easy.....   Really surprised they didn't throw more at them.  Don't know if the Astros were damaged in any way so, not sure they deserved to be better compensated but the Cards should have been more severely punished.

[Troll Daddy]

Banning Chris Correa from baseball was a great move for MLB. I think the punishment works and serves notice to all the teams.

[Angel Oracle]

"If you're not cheating, you're not trying."    

[DMVol]

Correa is now saying the Stros did the same thing to the Cards....

[DCAngelsFan]

19 hours ago, Inside Pitch said:

They got off easy.....   Really surprised they didn't throw more at them.  Don't know if the Astros were damaged in any way so, not sure they deserved to be better compensated but the Cards should have been more severely punished.

Suggestive of my problem with it - the Cards were punished, and the Astros benefited, which arguably punishes every other team in the league, particularly those in the ALW, by making the Astros that much more competitive (in theory.)

In the end, I imagine that "punishment" will be negligible - but seems possible the penalty was lessened for precisely this reason - to not overly-enrich the Astros.

I dunno - anyway, I agree - the penalty paid by the Cards should have been higher, but don't know enough to know what compensation - if any - the Astros should have received.  

 

[Angel Oracle]

 

Correa is now saying the Stros did the same thing to the Cards....

As punishment, the Stros have to send Carlos Correa to the Halos, take on Hackilton's 2017 salary, and pay $50 million towards Pujols' remaining contract.

[DMVol]

 

As punishment, the Stros have to send Carlos Correa to the Halos, take on Hackilton's 2017 salary, and pay $50 million towards Pujols' remaining contract.

Sounds fair....maybe a little light on the Pujols payment though....

[eligrba]

If MLB was serious about punishing the Cardinals, they would require Dipoto to complete their draft for the next two years.

[Angel Oracle]

1 hour ago, eligrba said:

If MLB was serious about punishing the Cardinals, they would require Dipoto to complete their draft for the next two years.

Yep, only high floor picks allowed.

[ukyah]

21 hours ago, Angel Oracle said:

"If you're not cheating, you're not trying."    

have we modified this to, "if you're not committing a felony, then you're not trying."? because the last i checked correa is serving a 4 year sentence in prison.

 

not going at you AO, btw.