Pitcher Mike Bolsinger Updates Anti-Astros Lawsuit to Name Jim Crane and Former Intern Derek Vigoa

Former Blue Jays reliever Mike Bolsinger got hammered by the Houston Astros in his last major league outing in 2017, and he's leaving no stone unturned as he seeks revenge.

After filing a civil lawsuit against the Astros earlier this month, Bolsinger has now added Astros owner Jim Crane and baseball operations staffer Derek Vigoa (who was an intern at the time) to the suit by name in a recent update. Bolsinger's suit states that the Astros had engaged in unfair business practices and negligence via a "duplicitous and tortious scheme of sign-stealing."

Bolsinger seeks monetary compensation from the Astros for "harming his career." His last big league outing as a member of the Blue Jays, in which he gave up four runs, four hits and three walks in one-third of an inning, came at Minute Maid Park in August of 2017. The game landed him back in the minors, as he was designated for assignment the next day.

He hasn't pitched at the MLB level since.

His original case was filed against the Astros organization as a whole, but included so-called "Doe defendants." This meant that the suit could be amended to name specific individuals later. Crane, as the most prominent and wealthy individual involved, is the obvious name to go after, but Vigoa is a much more interesting case.

Vigoa, who is currently the Astros' senior manager of team operations, reportedly helped introduce former general manager Jeff Luhnow to a system developed by the baseball operations department, called "Codebreaker," which used a Microsoft Excel-based algorithm designed to decode signs, according to the Wall Street Journal.

Bolsinger may add more names to his lawsuit as it progresses. Stay tuned.