Marlins say Jose Fernandez has been killed

Perhaps the greatest Cuban pitcher of all time was killed at 24 years old in a boating accident early Sunday morning.

News of the tragic death of Marlins pitcher Jose Fernandez, who died in a boating accident in Miami on Sunday, is unbearably sad. He didn’t care who he faced. The young flamethrower was a two-time All-Star with a brilliant 38-17 career record and a 2.58 ERA. “And now he’s gone”. Due to the severity of the impact officials believe that speed played a major factor behind the crash, adding that there is no indication that drugs or alcohol played a role.

Marlins executives were informed at 6:30 a.m.

The Marlins’ game against the Atlanta Braves scheduled for Sunday afternoon has been canceled. “He had an infectious smile and a love for the game I hope every ballplayer could have”.

“When I think about Josie, it’s going to be thinking about a little kid”.

“All of baseball is shocked and saddened by the sudden passing of Jose Fernandez”, Major League Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred said in a statement.

Collins said Monday’s game at Marlins Park will be hard emotionally.

The capsized boat has not yet been turned upright, “but of what we saw, the top of the boat – which is still under water – appears to be severely damaged”, Veloz said, adding that the vessel is a “total loss”. “We sat with our team today and a lot of words were said, meaningful words. We were just talking about the off-season and, ironically enough, going fishing and stuff like that”. “But not just on the mound – at the plate, you could see how much fun he was having playing the game of baseball”. “I’m still waiting to wake up from this nightmare. I lost my brother today and can’t quite comprehend it”, Marlins player Giancarlo Stanton wrote on instagram.

The Miami team released a statement on Twitter about the loss. “I’ll come in here tomorrow and I’ll cheer my teammates and I’ll be ready to go if I have to go and I understand that whatever happens, it’s not my call”. But after that, I was trying to make good pitches and trying to get him out. He was one of the best pitchers in the game.

“He was not only a great player, he was a great person, a great human being”, Mets catcher Rene Rivera said. A kid so energetic, so happy all the time… all the things we can say about him. One that I will miss & never forget.

Marlins manager, Don Mattingly, cried in a press conference as he remembered the passion that Fernandez had when he played.

“He was a precocious young guy”, Hill said.

The Marlins drafted him in 2011 and Fernandez was in the majors two years later at 20. The loss is incredibly tragic for so many reasons: 24 years is too short a time for anyone to experience this sad, attractive world; he was truly a transcendent talent, with the potential of being one of baseball’s all-time greats; he announced only five days ago that his fiancé was pregnant with the couple’s first child. They failed in three initial attempts to defect, and he was imprisoned briefly after each of them.