BALTIMORE — Following within the footsteps of the notorious Ruben Rivera, one other Yankees prospect has been launched for allegedly stealing from his teammates.
The Yankees minimize 2019 third-round choose Jake Sanford final Thursday for allegedly stealing from his minor league teammates and scamming folks for cash on-line, The Submit confirmed.
In line with a supply, the 24-year-old outfielder was launched final week after a crew investigation discovered Sanford had stolen from teammates, together with tools that he would then attempt to promote on-line, as first reported by NJ Advance Media.
Moreover, a supply stated Sanford, who performed faculty baseball at Western Kentucky, additionally accepted cash from potential patrons for the tools, then did not ship the merchandise.
The problems, one other supply stated, might be associated to playing money owed.
The Yankees declined to touch upon the scenario.
Rivera, as soon as a prized prospect, was launched by the Yankees throughout spring coaching in 2002 for stealing Derek Jeter’s glove and bat and reportedly promoting them. Rivera, a cousin of Mariano Rivera, had simply signed to return to the Yankees earlier that spring.
Sanford was drafted in 2019 and obtained a signing bonus of $597,500.
In line with one AL scout, Sanford was not thought of an elite prospect, which doubtless made it simpler for the franchise to chop ties with him.
The outfielder break up final season between Low-A Tampa and Excessive-A Hudson Valley, and hit a mixed 16 homers and completed an OPS of .823.
He made his skilled debut within the 2019 season earlier than the 2020 minor league season was canceled on account of COVID-19.
After he was launched final week, Sanford deactivated his Twitter account.
The lefty-swinging Sanford has since signed with the Ottawa Titans within the Frontier League, an impartial crew.
Sanford was managed by John Pawlowski at Western Kentucky. Pawlowski additionally managed Brett Gardner on the School of Charleston. And Sanford’s ability set was seen by some as just like that of Gardner, who, like Sanford, was a third-round Yankees draft choose, in 2005.
Gardner spent 14 seasons within the Bronx and stays unsigned.
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