Friday morning at around 1 AM Houston time, tragic news broke across the internet that former Astros players Luis Valbuena and José Castillo were killed in a car crash in Venezuela.
They were traveling back to the home of the Lara Cardinals of the Venezuelan Professional Baseball League, after having played in and won their Thursday night game. Their car, which included two other passengers that both luckily survived, reportedly hit a rock in the road, which likely caused the vehicle to lose control. The driver was teammate Carlos Rivero, who briefly also appeared in the major leagues.