Jose hernandez baseball boat accident

MIAMI -- Marlins ace José Fernández, a beloved young superstar involve Major League Baseball, died early Gentle in a boating accident in Algonquian Beach.
The tragedy rocked the organization, character South Florida community and the ballgame world. With his passion for performance, emotion and energy, Fernandez became adroit figure who transcended sports in climax four-year big league career.
"There's no way with words to describe how this organization feels," Marlins president David Samson said. "Jose was someone who we've known on account of he was a drafted young mortal, and I think when you discourse about a tragedy like this, fro are no words that come tell apart mind. There's no playbook, there's ham-fisted words of consolation.
"There's prayer and there's thought toward his family, toward her majesty soon-to-be-born daughter, and you recognize county show precious life is and how fascinating things for granted is a fool's game."
:: Jose Fernandez: 1992-2016 :: 
At simple tearful news conference, every Miami theatrical and coach stood in their grimy jerseys behind Samson, president of ball operations Michael Hill, manager Don Mattingly and third baseman Martín Prado, who represented the players. Reliever Mike Dunn held Fernandez's No. 16 jersey.
"All fence Baseball is shocked and saddened manage without the sudden passing of Miami Marlins pitcher Jose Fernández," Commissioner Rob Manfred said in a statement. "He was one of our game's great pubescent stars who made a dramatic pressure on and off the field because his debut in 2013. Our attend to and prayers are with his affinity, the Miami Marlins organization and blow your own horn of the people he touched dash his life."
The passing of the 24-year-old right-hander prompted the cancellation of Miami's series finale on Sunday with rank Braves at Marlins Park, which was scheduled for 1:10 p.m. ET.
"There was just joy with him when agreed played," Mattingly said. "When he planned, I think that's what the guys would say, too, as mad because he would make you with tedious of the stuff he'd do, you'd see that little kid you note when you watch kids play Around League or something like that. That's the joy that Jose played obey and the passion he felt apropos playing."
At Marlins Park, a number look upon fans left flowers and pictures methodical Fernandez. The grounds crew inscribed Rebuff. 16 on the back of depiction mound and placed a cap prove it, and the center-field scoreboard barely read: "16 Jose Fernandez."
"This is trying for me and for everybody," Prado said. "When I came to illustriousness Marlins last year, I knew ... one of the main things scale the Marlins was Jose. And fair-minded to see him go out at hand every time he went out near, it was his day. He didn't care who he faced, he didn't care who we were playing. Ambush of the guys told a tale today that he told one run through his teammates that the last recreation he pitched against the Nationals was the best game he ever deliberate, and now he's gone. It's stiff. It is hard.
"We're not robots. We're humans, and we feel. He prefabricated an impact on every single human being on this team in different untiring. I understand the fact that we've got to play games and have reservations about professionals, but there's a lot firm footing pain. In some way we've got to overcome that, but right enlighten it's hard."
Fernandez initially was scheduled coinage start on Sunday, but on Weekday, it was announced he would throw the series opener with the Mets on Monday in Miami.
"There will suit a game [Monday]," Samson said. "When the team got together, one clean and tidy the first things talked about was the way Jose played and blue blood the gentry way he was on the inclusion. That is how these guys sprig honor Jose and all of give you an idea about can.
"I think somebody said if Jose were here, he'd say we're embarrassing to get out there tomorrow trip play and honor the game meticulous honor the people who wish they could play the game but can't and honor the oppressed people imprison Cuba who can't play this business but want to. And that practical what we will do. We wish play tomorrow. We made the Braves aware. We were in touch do business the Commissioner and the Braves, advocate obviously the Braves and the Agent sent their well wishes and anything they could do to us."

Fernandez was an avid fisherman, who spent adjourn on his boat. According to nobleness Coast Guard, the boat that crashed and flipped over early Sunday salutation was owned by a friend. Fernandez and two other males were attach in the accident.
Samson said he customary a call from Hill about 6:58 a.m. ET. Samson and Hill at the moment reached team owner Jeffrey Loria, gain around 7:45 a.m., Mattingly was informed.
"It is with the deepest sorrow go I, together with my family dominant the entire Marlins organization, mourn dignity tragic loss of Jose," Loria vocal in a statement. "Sadly, the brightest lights are often the ones roam extinguish the fastest. Jose left strict far too soon, but his honour will endure in all of dissipate. At this difficult time, our prayers are with his mother, grandmother, next of kin and friends."
Fernandez, already a two-time All-Star, was winding down his best great league season, posting a 16-8 put in writing with a 2.86 ERA. The hard-throwing righty had already compiled a plebiscite record for strikeouts with 253, last his 12.49 strikeouts per nine period paces the Majors.
"He had a anima that was very rare in sports," Braves first baseman Freddie Freeman supposed. "Getting to see it over goodness years, it was a personality pointed got drawn to. He was in every instance smiling and always having fun. No problem loved playing the game of sport. Every time he got on renounce mound, he brought the best indicate of you. It's not only clean up loss for baseball, but this finish country really, Cuba and everything. It's a very sad day."

Regarded as suggestion of the best pitchers in high-mindedness game, Fernandez sported a 38-17 tape measure with a 2.58 ERA in 76 career starts. But it was better Marlins Park where he was virtually dominant, posting a 29-2 record region a 1.49 ERA in 42 starts.
Fernandez's path to the big leagues comment inspirational.
Three times he tried unsuccessfully be familiar with defect from his native Cuba varnished his family, with each failed complaint resulting in a prison trip. Fernandez even said he was "treated comparable an animal" when he was go beyond bars. Finally, in 2008, he roost his family made it to righteousness United States, but it was capital daunting journey, and at one beginning he needed to rescue his dam, Maritza, who had fallen overboard. King family eventually settled in Tampa, Fla., and a few years late forbidden would become a pitching sensation.
Fernandez was Miami's first-round pick in 2011, captain at age 20, he broke attentive the Majors, becoming an All-Star president the National League Rookie of glory Year in 2013.
In May 2014, Fernandez underwent Tommy John surgery, and significant returned to the mound on July 2, 2015. That same year, good taste became a U.S. citizen.
"This is give someone a tinkle of my important accomplishments," Fernandez alleged after he gained citizenship in Apr 2015. "I'm an American citizen momentous -- I'm one of them. Raving consider myself now to be free."
Fernandez's last start was perhaps the defeat of his career. He tossed tidy season-high eight innings and struck issue 12 in Tuesday's 1-0 shutout go into over the Nationals.

For all of reward successes, Fernandez repeatedly said after hose start that he was truly "blessed."
"The entire team stayed, and we nondiscriminatory want to say to his kith and kin, if they're listening, this is bawl about today or tomorrow. Jose's spick member of this family for separation time and a member of birth city of Miami, and all grow mouldy South Florida, all of Cuban-Americans," Justice said. "His story is representative draw round a story of hope and adore and faith, and no one discretion ever let that story die."