Thursday 19 May 2022 05:31 AM New York Yankees cut prospect, 24, for 'stealing from his teammates and trying ... trends now
Thursday 19 May 2022 05:31 AM New York Yankees cut prospect, 24, for 'stealing from his teammates and trying ... trends now
New York Yankees cut prospect Jake Sanford, 24, for 'stealing equipment from his teammates and trying to sell it online but never delivering the goods' Canadian baseball player Jake Sanford, 24, signed for the Yankees in their 2019 MLB June Amateur Draft from Western Kentucky University He received a signing bonus of $597,500 but never appeared for the Yankees main team Sanford was released by the Yankees, it emerged on Wednesday, after he was found to have been stealing from his minor league teammates He was selling the stolen goods online, but was defrauding the fans - taking their money, and then never sending the merchandise they paid for Sanford has since returned to Canada and signed with the Ottawa Titans in the Frontier League, an independent team His case bore echoes of that of Ruben Rivera, released by the Yankees during spring training in 2002 for stealing Derek Jeter's glove and bat and selling them
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A 24-year-old baseball player who signed as a prospect for the Yankees in 2019
