MLB hammers Cardinals — first two draft picks, $2 million go to Astros

January 30, 2017 By Jim Muir Leave a Comment

MLB Commissioner Rob Manfield (left) and Cardinal CEO Bill DeWitt (right) at an MLB press conference in 2014 (AP file photo)

MLB Commissioner Rob Manfield (left) and Cardinal CEO Bill DeWitt (right) at an MLB press conference in 2014 (AP file photo)

ST. LOUIS, MO (Derek Goold – St. Louis Post-Dispatch) Click to read the entire story. Here is an excerpt.) The illegal actions of a former Cardinals executive that put him in prison will also cost the team draft picks and a punitive fine in one of the harshest penalties enforced by Major League Baseball in recent memory. & And the Houston Astros will directly benefit. & In a decision issued Monday afternoon by commissioner Rob Manfred, the Cardinals have been fined $2 million in damages — possibly the largest ever for one team — and their first two picks in the coming draft have been taken away as a result of an illegal hack into Houston’s database. The two picks, Nos. 56 and 75, will go to the Astros, as will the slot money assigned to those picks. The $2-million fine will also be paid to the Cardinals’ former division rivals.

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