Baseball became secondary Monday morning when news broke of a fatal crash in San Pedro de Macorís. A car accident. Three fatalities. And one of their own is in critical condition with a broken spine and femur. For the San Francisco Giants, what started as a normal day became a nightmare playing out thousands of miles away.

The pitcher fighting for his life is Antonio Jiménez , a 24-year-old left-hander in the San Francisco Giants organization. He was rushed to a Dominican Republic hospital with injuries, including fractures to his femur and spine and multiple lacerations.

The accident occurred outside the Altice telecommunications building. Jiménez was splitting his time between the Giants’ Triple-A affiliate, the Sacramento River Cats, and winter ball for Toros del Este in the Dominic

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