Two days after he sued the Cincinnati Reds for $1.64 million, a failed Yankees prospect – who claimed that Derek Jeter torpedoed his career — sent a strange letter to the Reds boasting that he’s the next Alex Rodriguez.

In another chapter in the bizarre tale of Garrison Lassiter, the 30-year-old alleges age discrimination against Cincinnati. He’s upset that the club rejected him from public tryouts it advertised as only for players nearly half his age.

In the letter, which the Reds included with their Jan. 22 motion to dismiss the suit, Lassiter — who had a career .244 batting average and never played past High-A — puts himself in rarified air and says he expects a payday for his troubles.

“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. “Ripken was playing at 40.”

Lassiter didn’t respond to an email or voicemail from NJ Advance Media requesting comment. A Reds spokesman declined comment.

He also recently sued the training facility owned by former NFL wide receiver Ricky Proehl, complaining that it didn’t help him land an NFL tryout. Lassiter redshirted at quarterback for the University of Miami in 2013, the year after the Yankees cut him. He said the Hurricanes kicked him off the team in 2014.

But the North Carolina native’s beef with Cincinnati comes from the club turning him away from tryouts meant for players from ages 16-22 in 2017, 2018 and 2019. In those years, Lassiter was 27, 28 and 29, respectively.

Lassiter said the $1.64 million he wants is the combined minimum salary a major-leaguer would have made those years.

“You actually have equivalent Talents playing in the Major Leagues for the Cincinatti (sic) Reds which gives me grounds to be awards the damages listed in the Statement of Relief,” Lassiter wrote. “Theres (sic) really no way for the Cincinatti (sic) Reds to defend against a claim based on Age, as you know there were Major Leaguers well over 16-22 this Year.”

“When I get an address or a Law Firm for you to send the check,” he added, “I will reach out via Phone.”

The Reds fired back.

In their motion to dismiss, their lawyers said Lassiter’s suit doesn’t specify which laws they would have allegedly broken by turning him away from the tryouts. They also said that Lassiter isn’t protected by the Age Discrimination in Employment act because he’s under 40, and that he never filed a complaint with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.

Lassiter’s $34 million lawsuit against the Yankees whiffed last year.

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In that suit, Lassiter stitched together a tapestry of conspiracy theories. He alleged that the team moved him off shortstop to third base and didn’t give him enough playing time in order to “protect” Jeter’s career. He also alleged that it sabotaged his attempts to get back in baseball and badmouthed him to other teams.

The Yankees drafted Lassiter in the 27th round in 2008 and gave him a $675,000 signing bonus to keep him away from a University of North Carolina commitment. A Yankees spokesman declined comment.

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