More than a dozen former MLB scouts filed a lawsuit against the league, its teams and commissioner Rob Manfred, saying they were discriminated against because of their age. The scouts' ages range from 55 to 71, saying the league and its teams "acted to prevent the reemployment of older scouts or refused the reemployment of older scouts" from 2020 to 2022. CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COMThe ex-scouts also allege MLB in 2015 ended a listing of scouts eligible for employment, the decision to end the MLB Scouting Bureau in 2018 was discriminatory and MLB used analytics and the coronavirus pandemic as pretexts to eliminate older scouts. Former Chicago Cubs scout James S. Benedict is leading the charge - he was fired by the Cubs in 2020, and they seek class-action certification. Benedict played minor league baseball and was a college pitching coach before becoming a scout for the Texas Rangers in 1990.

Source: Fox News June 23, 2023 19:02 UTC