It’s been 18 months since that tragic day and, as if you had any doubt, Royals left-hander Danny Duffy hasn’t forgotten his friend.
Yordano Ventura died in a car accident on Jan. 22, 2017 in the Dominican Republic, and sometimes Duffy wonders what might have been if that terrible event never happened.
“He’s always with us -- I mean it,” Duffy said. “We never forget about him. Honestly, sometimes you think about what it would be like if he was still around, so anything we can do to keep the kid around is something that we’re going to do.