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Current, former Major League Baseball players die in auto accidents, reports say

  • by Grant Boone
  • in Sports
  • — Jan 23, 2017
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Earlier this morning, reports out of the Dominican Republic said Andy Marte died in a vehicle crash.

Ventura went 13-8 in Kansas City's World Series championship campaign in 2015.

"It is with a heavy and broken heart we confirm the passing of Yordano", said Royals spokesman Mike Swanson.

That would have been enough baseball-related sadness for a day or month, but a second wave of reports from the Dominican Republic said a separate accident claimed the life of Yordano Ventura.

Yordano Ventura and Andy Marte were both killed in the Dominican Republic Sunday (Jan. 22). Marte was 33 years old. He was a member of the Royals' 2015 World Series-winning team.

At the time of his death this morning, Marte had been playing winter league baseball for Las Aguilas Cibaenas in his native country, as well.

"Words can't express the emotions from the loss of our client Andy Marte. Condolences to his family", J.J. Cooper of Baseball America wrote on Twitter.

The right-handed hitting third baseman slashed only.218/.276/.358/.634 over seven seasons (308 games) in the majors.

About to enter his fourth full season with the Royals, Ventura was 38-31 with a 3.89 ERA since being called up late in the 2013 season. He never did make good on that promise, but he played in the big leagues briefly with Atlanta and then in parts of several seasons with Cleveland.

The night of Game 6 in 2014, Ventura also wore the initials of Taveras on his hat and threw arguably the most memorable performance of his major-league career. Machado was suspended four games for charging the mound and connecting with a punch to Ventura's face.

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