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 The New York Times reported Tuesday that Major League Baseball "has
been aware of and has fully cooperated with the federal
investigation into the illegal breach of the Astros' baseball
operations database," a spokesman for baseball commissioner, Rob
Manfred, said in a written statement to the Times.
Tracing the technological breach led the FBI to a home that "some
Cardinals officials lived in," the Times reported.
The Times reported that internal discussions about trades,
proprietary statistics and scouting reports were compromised. The
breach is believed by law enforcement to be a vengeful plot against
Houston Astros general manager Jeff Luhnow, who previously worked in
personnel for the Cardinals.
He was hired in 2011 to take over one of the worst teams in
baseball. And while considered unconventional, his approach helped
restock the Houston minor-league system. The Astros were division
rivals of the Cardinals until moving leagues in 2014.
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The San Diego Padres named Pat Murphy interim manager for the
remainder of the season.
Murphy replaces Bud Black, who was fired after guiding the Padres to
an underwhelming 32-33 start. Bench coach Dave Roberts took the helm
in Monday's loss to Oakland.
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Washington Nationals outfielder Bryce Harper continues to lead
vote-getters for the National League All-Star team and four St.
Louis Cardinals players are in position to start in the July 14
game.
Harper received 6,059,827 votes in the latest balloting.
Behind Harper in the outfield are Matt Holliday (3,739,181) of the
Cardinals and Nori Aoki (2,995,899) of the San Francisco Giants.
Aoki is slightly ahead of Miami Marlins slugger Giancarlo Stanton
(2,922,350), who had a major league-leading 23 home runs entering
Tuesday.
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Kyle Schwarber, the fourth overall draft pick in 2014, was recalled
from Triple-A Iowa and will be used as the Chicago Cubs' designated
hitter from Wednesday through Sunday, when Chicago plays in American
League parks and needs a DH.
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Brewers Hall of Fame radio announcer Bob Uecker spent Monday night
in a Milwaukee-area hospital after suffering a mild concussion when
he was struck by a ball during batting practice Monday night at
Miller Park.
The Brewers said the 81-year-old Uecker was struck on his forehead
by a ball that ricocheted out of the batting cage.
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Boston right-handed pitcher Brandon Workman had successful Tommy
John surgery on Monday on his right elbow.
Workman was injured toward the end of spring training and received
an injection. His progress was unsatisfactory so surgery was
performed.
(Editing by Andrew Both)
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