Yankees Minor Leaguer Sues “Agent”

On Friday, October 9, 2015, a minor league player in the New York Yankees farm system filed a lawsuit alleging that a man posing as a sports agent cheated him out of $100,000.

The player, Angelo Gumbs, was drafted by the New York Yankees in 2010, and currently plays second base for the Tampa Yankees in Florida. According to the complaint, Richard Earl Davis, Jr. represented that he was a baseball agent certified by the Major League Baseball Players’ Association (MLBPA). Gumbs then signed a …

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