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Oof. I know pretty much nothing about sentencing, so I have no idea what to expect on this. I suspect he's not headed to FPMITA prison, but the severity of the crime seems to justify some time behind bars.That guy has 5 counts at 5 years each.
Shouldn't the Astros get those picks? If that was the value of the damage the Cards did, shouldn't Houston be compensated that amount?
If MLB takes away that many picks, IMO a few would be awarded to HOU as restitution, and the rest turned into vapor as a deterrent. Curious to see how MLB handles STL's offseason signing rights if they take away first-round picks. Would that also prevent them from signing QO-level free agents since they don't have a first-round pick to surrender? Or would it give STL more incentive to go after top FAs since the penalty of a lost draft pick is something they already don't have?
Houston was the only victim of the crime and suffered competitive loss. There should be fair compensation for that, though I admit it should not be so much as to be unfair to the unaffected.
We've no idea if Houston suffered any loss here. And the harm to baseball in general is atleast as important here.
No lost value when the guy who stole your spreadsheet is picking directly in front of you every round for 200 rounds (or however many in a baseball draft), where Houston was picking first and STL last/not serpentine? Publicly leaking all your internal evaluations and trade talks would not be a loss?
Hard to understand why Correa is up against years in prison and hundreds of thousands in fines if Houston suffered no loss.
We know he had the information, we don't know how having that information changed the actions of the team. We do know that MLB as a whole has suffered a black eye because of this.
Hmm. Stubby Clapp must've already been used.
