Yoervis Medina, the former pitcher for the Seattle Mariners and Chicago Cubs, had died. He was 37.

“Sad news coming out of Venezuela, former AquaSox pitcher Yoervis Medina (2010) has passed away at the age of 37,” the athlete’s former team, the Everett AquaSox, announced via X on Friday, October 31. “He pitched in the Major Leagues between 2013 and 2015. RIP.”

Medina suffered a heart attack while driving in Carabobo, Venezuela, and died in a resulting car crash on October 31, according to The Seattle Times. Radio America Venezuela also reported that Medina’s car crashed into several nearby vehicles, adding that Medina was pronounced dead at the scene without any vital signs.

The former baseball player made his debut with the Mariners as an amateur free agent in 2005 and spent seven seas

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