MLB.com’s Quinn Roberts reported the story on the Kansas City Royals official web site. Club vice president Mike Swanson told Roberts:
“It is with a heavy and broken heart that we confirm the passing of Yordano Ventura,” said Royals vice president of communications and broadcasting Mike Swanson.
Yordano Ventura‘s passing bears an eerie resemblance to his friend Oscar Taveras, who died at age 22 in a car accident. Tavares had just finished his first season with the St. Louis Cardinals in 2014, and was also from the Dominican Republic.