The tragic news that Royals pitcher Yordano Ventura died in a car wreck early Sunday morning in his native Dominican Republic shocked the baseball world.
Then news came that former major league infielder Andy Marte also died in a car wreck in the Dominican Republic Sunday. Marte was 33, Ventura only 25.
Words of disbelief and sadness from players, clubs and media slowly began to flood social media and continue to come in.
The Rangers organization joined others across the league by expressing their condolences on Twitter just before 11 a.