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Ex-Houston Astros general manager Jeff Luhnow is suing his former team for more than $22 MILLION — claiming he was wrongly made the scapegoat for the cheating scandal despite having nothing to do with it.
53-year-old Luhnow — who was hired by the Astros in 2011 — says he signed a deal with the team in 2018 that included $31 million in guaranteed compensation in addition to performance bonuses.
But, when the team fired him for cause following an investigation into allegations the team conducted a high-tech sign-stealing system in 2017 … Luhnow claims he got screwed out of a ton of money, more than $22 million.
In his breach of contract lawsuit, Luhnow claims the Astros fired him “even though [he] had no knowledge of — or involvement in — the sign-stealing schemes.”
He adds, “Yet everyone above and below Luhnow in the Astros organization came away unscathed” — including the “video room employees who conceived and orchestrated the sign stealing system.”
Luhnow claims the “investigation” — which he puts in quotes in his suit — was “deeply flawed” and wrongly made him a scapegoat, claiming he had knowledge of they scheme.
“The truth is the Astros had no basis to fire Luhnow, a respected executive with an unblemished record and a 16 year history of compliance with MLB rules.”
The Astros fired Luhnow in January 2020 — after the MLB report was released.
He was hit with a 1-year ban — same as manager A.J. Hinch — but Luhnow has not been hired by another team.
Hinch, on the other hand, was just hired to manage the Detroit Tigers.
So far, no comment from the Astros.