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The ValleyCats E.P. Reece heads to third base during a game at Joe Bruno Stadium on June 23, 2019. The team is suing MLB and its former parent club, the Houston Astros.
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TROY Major League Baseball and the Houston Astros took the Tri-City ValleyCats out of the rotation, so the ValleyCats are taking MLB and the Astros to court.
The team, which had been affiliated with the Astros for 18 New York-Penn League seasons before MLB contracted and restructured minor league baseball last year, filed a lawsuit in the commercial division of New York State Supreme Court on Thursday and seeks over $15 million in actual and punitive damages.