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Former St. Louis Cardinals scouting director Christopher Correa has been sentenced to nearly four years in prison for hacking the Houston Astros' player personnel database and email system in an unusual case of high-tech cheating involving two Major League Baseball clubs.

The decision was handed down by a federal judge.

Correa had pleaded guilty in January to five counts of unauthorized access of a protected computer from 2013 to at least 2014 adidas superstar supercolor pink , the same year he was promoted to director of baseball development in St. Louis. He was fired last summer and now faces 46 months behind bars and a court order to pay $279,038 in restitution. He had faced up to five years in prison on each count.

Yu Darvish Ready To Return For Rangers Could Start Saturday - RealGM Wiretap

After throwing 87 pitches on Sunday, Yu Darvish says he's ready to return to the Texas Rangers.

If he feels good on Monday, he will start for the Rangers this coming Saturday against the Pittsburgh Pirates.

"After close to 90 pitches today adidas superstar foundation black , I feel good for that," he said. "It's hard to tell right now. I have to pitch against those guys. But I feel like I'm good to go."

Darvish hasn't pitched in the Major Leagues since Aug. 9, 2014. He tore his ulnar collateral ligament in his first spring start in 2015 and underwent Tommy John surgery March 17, 2015.

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