MLB Loses Another Young Star - NF

[FloatnFly]

Sad day for baseball yesterday 2 players passed in separate car accidents. first lost former MLBer Andy Marte, and then young Kansas City star pitcher Yordano Ventura.

 

[Brettiop]

Crazy stuff there, super sad to hear.

 

those two died in separate car crashes on the same night, in the Dominican.

 

Andy Martes last game, in 2014, VenturA was the pitcher.

[Headhunter]

So sad to read this, both way too young for this to happen and I know that accidents don't care about age.

Wondering if Ventura is the same guy that Zaun was talking about bad mouthing and hiding on the bus a couple of years ago?

Either way, sad for sure.

HH

[Old Ironmaker]

Tragic news when a youngster is taken early in life. Regardless of who they were and what they did.

[FloatnFly]

So sad to read this, both way too young for this to happen and I know that accidents don't care about age.

Wondering if Ventura is the same guy that Zaun was talking about bad mouthing and hiding on the bus a couple of years ago?

Either way, sad for sure.

HH

 

yes, thats him. still was a very talented picher. great fastball and devastating curve

[fishing n autograph]

Emphasizes the dangers of drinking and driving.... yikes, how many young ball players from the DR are we going to lose?????

[ketchenany]

Emphasizes the dangers of drinking and driving.... yikes, how many young ball players from the DR are we going to lose?????

Dave, you may be right here, But it happens a lot here in Ontario too many times. The message doesn't seem to be taken in no matter how much it's publicized. A sad case indeed.

It may be the idea, it will never happen to me. . . .

 

One day it will!!!!! And hopefully they will be the only casualty! I had a friend die because he would' listen and he died alone. Left 4 kids!!!!

[FloatnFly]

Emphasizes the dangers of drinking and driving.... yikes, how many young ball players from the DR are we going to lose?????

 

won't know the toxicology results for 3 weeks, but no alcohol was found at the scene.

 

from http://www.foxsports.com/mlb/story/yordano-ventura-contract-royals-toxicology-report-012317

 

The fate of the approximately $20 million remaining on pitcher Yordano Ventura’s contract likely will hinge on his toxicology report, according to major-league sources.

The deal would remain fully guaranteed if Ventura’s death was determined to be accidental. The money would go to his estate, while the Royals — who had insurance on Ventura’s contract — would be reimbursed for an amount that is not yet clear, sources said.

Ventura, who died Sunday in an automobile crash in his native Dominican Republic at age 25, was guaranteed $19.85 million over the next three seasons, plus a $1 million buyout on a club option.

However, guaranteed contracts include exceptions that relate to player conduct, and Ventura’s deal includes a provision that will nullify payment for failure to perform due to injury or death resulting from driving a motorized vehicle while intoxicated, sources said.

Royals general manager Dayton Moore said on Sunday that the toxicology results will not be known for three weeks, but that authorities in the Dominican Republic had told him that no alcohol was found at the scene.

The Royals are in the beginning stages of discussing Ventura’s contract language with Major League Baseball, sources said. It is conceivable that the team could decide to pay a certain amount of money to Ventura’s estate even if the results of the toxicology report allowed the club to void the rest of his contract.

Ventura was set to earn $3.45 million this season, $6.45 million in 2018 and $9.95 million in ’19, with a $1 million buyout on his $12 million club option for ’20. The five-year, $23 million extension that he signed in April 2015 also included a $12 million club option for ’21.

The nature of any payout would be determined by Ventura’s will, presuming that he had one. If he did not have a will, the money would be distributed according to the laws of the Dominican Republic, sources said.

The financial legacy of Ventura is different than that of late Marlins pitcher Jose Fernandez, who died in a boating accident last September and — unlike Ventura — was unsigned beyond 2016.

A toxicology report determined that Fernandez was legally drunk and had cocaine in his system at the time of the crash. But it is not clear that Fernandez was driving the boat, and his estate is still in line to receive a $1.05 million accidental-death payment and $450,000 in life insurance through a player’s standard benefits package, sources said.

Ventura’s estate could be eligible for the same payouts. He was the driver of his vehicle, according to reports, but it is not known whether the results of his toxicology report would affect the amount his estate received.

The Royals, depending upon the amount of their insurance coverage, could redirect some of that money to the acquisition of another starting pitcher. The team previously had about $2.5 million to spend in 2017, and was seeking to add another reliever, sources said.

Edited January 24, 2017 by FloatnFly

[FloatnFly]

now there is a report that Ventura was found still alive,was beaten., and then robbed........

[fishing n autograph]

Wow didn't hear that. Reports I heard was Marte was drunk