Failed Yankees Prospect Sues Reds for $1.64 Million and Compares Self to Alex Rodriguez in Bizarre Letter

Remember that former New York Yankees prospect who claimed Derek Jeter ruined his career? Well, he's back at it again, and he's taking aim at another major league team.

Ex-prospect Garrison Lassiter, who ended up briefly playing quarterback for the Miami Hurricanes, is suing the Cincinnati Reds for $1.64 million, claiming the team prevented him from participating in a public tryout. To make things even more bizarre, Lassiter compared his skills to that of Alex Rodriguez.

“As an intellect and former Olympic Athlete I like to think my talent is Alex Rodriguez at Shortstop from the Left Side or Cal Ripken Jr (sic) from the Left Side (Lefty Hitter),” Lassiter wrote to Reds chief legal counsel James A. Marx on Jan. 1, via NJ.com. “Ripken was playing at 40."

Lassiter, who's now 30, is suing the Reds for age discrimination, even though the tryout was advertised for players between the ages of 16-22. In fact, he claims the team turned him away from 2017-19. The financial figure that Lassiter is suing for is the total minimum salary for a major leaguer over those three years.

The Reds replied by saying Lassiter didn't specify which rules they've allegedly broken. Additionally, Cincinnati says he isn't protected by the Age Discrimination of Employment Act because he's younger than 40.

His lawsuit with the Yankees went miserably for him, as the case was dismissed after he was fighting for $34 million in "damages."

Lassiter also sued a training facility owned by former NFL wide receiver Ricky Proehl for failing to get him an NFL tryout. He redshirted as a quarterback in 2013 with Miami after his Yankee career went down the tubes, but it was announced in May of 2014 he was no longer part of the Hurricanes' program.

Just like his previous trips to court, don't expect this latest Lassiter lawsuit to go favorably for him.