Marcell Ozuna was among the Miami Marlins players who declined an invitation to join pitcher Jose Fernandez on a boat the night he was killed in a fatal crash.
According to the Associated Press' Curt Anderson, Ozuna was one of at least three Marlins teammates who who opted against going on the boat with Fernandez, 24, Emilio Jesus Macias, 27, and Eduardo Rivero, 25, shortly before they crashed into a jetty.
"That night I told him, 'Don’t go out,'" Ozuna said, per the Miami Herald's Andre C. Fernandez. "Everybody knew he was crazy about that boat and loved being out on the water.