Major League Baseball dropped an unprecedented penalty on the St. Louis Cardinals for their scouting director’s hacking of the Houston Astros’ computer system, ordering the Cardinals to send their top two draft picks to the Astros and pay them $2 million in damages. MLB strips Cardinals of draft picks, fines them $2 million for Astros hack Major League Baseball dropped an unprecedented penalty on the St. Louis Cardinals for their scouting director’s hacking of the Houston Astros’ computer system, ordering the Cardinals to send their top two draft picks to the Astros and pay them $2 million in damages.