On Tuesday the New York Times broke the story that the F.B.I. was investigating St. Louis Cardinals employees for stealing information from the Houston Astros. There has to date been no reporting indicating that law enforcement officials believe that the data theft was part of a concerted effort on the part of the Cardinals organization to gain a leg up competitively. Instead, it appears to have been rogue employees acting out of pettiness. The perpetrators were "mid-to-low-level staff," according to the Wall Street Journal, who the Times reports were "hoping to wreak havoc on the work of Jeff Luhnow, the Astros’ general manager, who had been a successful and polarizing executive with the Cardinals until 2011.
Astros GM Jeff Luhnow explains why accusing the St. Louis Cardinals of cheating is nonsensical
