The former Cardinals scouting director became the face of the Astros hacking scandal that sullied the St. Louis Cardinals brand and landed Correa in federal prison.
Correa was sentenced in July 2016 to 46 months in prison after he admitted he hacked accounts of the Astros to gain insight into their baseball operations. Scouting reports. Draft rankings. Email. All of that stuff.
Correa's name resurfaced Thursday because he is the focus of a Sports Illustrated feature by writer Ben Reiter. Correa, who earned a reduced sentence due to good behavior, has been in a halfway house in the Washington D.