Jeff Luhnow addresses the media after being named President of Baseball Operations and General Manager of the Houston Astros and received a contract extension that carries through the 2023 season during a press conference at Minute Maid Park on June 18, 2018 in Houston, Texas. (Photo by Bob Levey/Getty Images)
Former Astros general manager Jeff Luhnow sued the team on Sunday, alleging that they breached his contract after the sign stealing scandal.
According to a report by the LA Times, former Houston Astros general manager Jeff Luhnow sued the team on Sunday for breach of contract “because none of the conditions that would be considered as just cause for his dismissal actually occurred”
In the lawsuit, Luhnow claims that Astros owner Jim Crane and MLB commissioner Rob Manfred discussed the penalties for the team in the sign stealing scandal that would paint Lunhow as “the scapegoat for the organization” in order to save money in guaranteed salary, $22 million to be exact.