News broke one early Sunday morning that the St. Louis Cardinals had lost their young phenom Oscar Taveras to a senseless car accident. This morning, Major League Baseball has again been rocked with terrible news of the passing of Andy Marte and Yordano Ventura in two separate car accidents.
Andy Marte joined the Atlanta Braves organization in 2000 when he was signed as a free agent. Marte, from the Dominican Republic, was to be a promising third baseman. His career spanned fourteen years with seven of these spent in the majors.