Former Cards exec charged with illegal access to Astros' database

Chris Correa, former director of scouting for the St. Louis Cardinals.The Cardinals scouting director who was fired earlier this summer for his alleged role in the hacking scandal that engulfed the club has appeared before a judge in Houston on Friday and is expected to plead guilty to charges later that afternoon.

Chris Correa will appear before U.S. district judge Lynn Hughes on Friday afternoon, The Post-Dispatch has learned.

The Wall Street Journal, at WSJ.com, reported that Correa will plead guilt to five of the 12 charges the U.S. Attorney has filed against him. He was formally notified of the charges during a hearing Friday afternoon. The Wall Street Journal cited one unnamed source…