Former St. Louis Cardinals scouting director Chris Correa on Tuesday said he accepts responsibility for a breach of the Houston Astros' baseball operations database, but he maintains that the Astros were the team that first stole information.
MLB commissioner Rob Manfred on Monday placed Correa on the "permanently ineligible list" and penalized the Cardinals, who must give their top two picks in the 2017 draft -- as well as $2 million -- to the Astros.
Correa, however, on Tuesday issued a statement on Twitter saying his actions -- "through unlawful methods" -- came as the result of finding out that the Astros first stole the Cardinals' data.