Oscar Taveras killed in car accident

[Corsi]

 

Bob Nightengale ‏@BNightengale  28s28 seconds ago
Oscar Taveras' agent is telling news reporters in the Dominican that Oscar Taveras was killed in a car wreck. Horrible. #STLCards.
 

 

 

[BoSox Rule]

Holy fucking shit

 

[Corsi]

 

Dionisio Soldevila ‏@dSoldevila  3m3 minutes ago
Confirmed: Cardinals' prospect Oscar Taveras was killed in a car accident along with hits girlfriend in Puerto Plata.
 

 

[RedOctober3829]

@rafaelrojasc: #STLCards OF Oscar Taveras, baseball’s No. 3 Prospect according to Baseball America, has been killed in car crash, according to reports

Tragic

 

[DJnVa]

Man, that sucks...

 

[knucklecup]

Wow. Devastating. He hit a huge homer like a week ago. Unreal.

 

[mauidano]

Oh that is fucking horrible.  What can you say?

 

[Dan to Theo to Ben]

I have no words, so tragic. So young.

 

[Cesar Crespo]

Damn. Who was that Angels player a few years back? This sucks. Condolensces.

 

[mabrowndog]

Damn. Who was that Angels player a few years back? This sucks. Condolensces.

 
Nick Adenhart

 

[mabrowndog]

Just saw this. So much promise.
 
Third active Cardinals player to die in the past 12 years (Darryl Kile, Josh Hancock).
 
Have they mentioned anything on the WS broadcast yet?

 

[DeJesus Built My Hotrod]

Ugh.  Awful.  The kid had a bright future.  Horrible.

 

[Al Zarilla]

Just saw this. So much promise.
 
Third active Cardinals player to die in the past 12 years (Darryl Kile, Josh Hancock).
 
Have they mentioned anything on the WS broadcast yet?

No.

 

[Rice4HOF]

Not a word on TV. Only info I see is coming from twitter.   Maybe after the commercial break they'll mention it.

 

[Dan to Theo to Ben]

So sad. So many cardinals.

 

[soxhop411]

Fox better say something after the commercials

 

[Hendu for Kutch]

Fuck.  I've been following him fairly closely for a few years.   This is awful.  Just 22, and with a life most people would dream of ahead of him.

 

[Wingack]

Not on the MLB or Cardinal's websites.

 

[mauidano]

Fox better say something after the commercials

Can't imagine why they would do that.  Probably getting ultimate confirmation. No need to be "first". Plus they don't want to distract from the game.

 

[Ed Hillel]

Holy shit, that's incredibly sad. He was going to be a huge star, and so so young.

 

[amfox1]

Bob Nightengale ‏@BNightengale  1m1 minute ago
The girlfriend of Oscar Taveras also died in the crash. #STLCards. Heartbreaking
 
Condolences to the families and to the St. Louis Cardinals family. There are no words.

 

[soxhop411]

Can't imagine why they would do that.  Probably getting ultimate confirmation. No need to be "first". Plus they don't want to distract from the game.

Sadly it's already been confirmed by the team itself and his agent

But it's important news. It makes them look worse to just ignore it

 

[Ed Hillel]

This one will be extra tough for Buck to announce, I would think.

 

[Bongorific]

Just awful.  He was one of the non-Sox prospects I was looking foward to watching develop.

 

[Tyrone Biggums]

Ugh.  Awful.  The kid had a bright future.  Horrible.

Bright future is an understatement. I had the privledge of watching him down in Jupiter and I've never seen a guy like him. Had top shelf potential and I'm sure he would have made a tremendous impact in 2015. Just sad.

 

[Harry Hooper]

Not a word on TV. Only info I see is coming from twitter.   Maybe after the commercial break they'll mention it.

 
They have to be 100% sure before they mention it. Terrible news...

 

[Harry Hooper]

Nothing on MLB.com yet

 

[jimbobim]

One of the more horrifying bleacher report updates I've ever received. Incredibly sad. 

 

[Rice4HOF]

 
They have to be 100% sure before they mention it. Terrible news...

The official MLB twitter account reported it: 
https://twitter.com/MLB/status/526537220300087297

 

[trekfan55]

Spanish speaking ESPN crew just announced it in the WS broadcast. Ernesto Jerez is also from the Dominican Republic. Really really sad news.

 

[Dan to Theo to Ben]

The official MLB twitter account reported it: 
https://twitter.com/MLB/status/526537220300087297

Jeez, seeing 1992- up there.
 
1000 words

 

[soxhop411]

“@dSoldevila: Taveras was driving a 2014 red Chevrolet Camaro when he crashed. He did not have ID on him. Was identified by relatives”

https://twitter.com/dSoldevila/status/526536964116598784

https://twitter.com/dSoldevila/status/526536964116598784

link to tweet

 

[Oppo]

Sickening

 

[CarolinaBeerGuy]

So terribly sad.

 

[mabrowndog]

This one will be extra tough for Buck to announce, I would think.

 
I imagine that, as breaking news, this is more Rosenthal's wheelhouse.

 

[Norm Siebern]

Just awful, tragic. Terribly sad. Condolences.

 

[soxhop411]

Fox talking about it now

 

[Rice4HOF]

 
I imagine that, as breaking news, this is more Rosenthal's wheelhouse.

Good call.  And I'm glad they finally mentioned it.

 

[Skip]

Just mentioning it now. I'm in total shock here. RIP

 

[IdiotKicker]

I legitimately feel sick. Maybe it's the fact that I'm finally older than some of these kids. But this is awful.

 

[Seabass]

I can't believe this. Ugh. This is horrible.

 

[brandonchristensen]

Rosenthal announced.

Terrible.

 

[staz]

Does not compute. Just awful.

 

[Hank Scorpio]

Stunning, terrible news. I can't remember the last time a news break made my jaw drop.

 

[mikeford]

Spoilering this cuz its brutal but... pics of the car: 
 

Spoiler

https://twitter.com/dSoldevila/status/526542457232973825

 

[rembrat]

Driving in the DR at night is a pretty terrifying experience even if you are familiar with the terrain. The wreckage looks brutal.

 

[Hank Scorpio]

Spoilering this cuz its brutal but... pics of the car: 
 

Spoiler

https://twitter.com/dSoldevila/status/526542457232973825

 
Brutal indeed... looks like he got totally blindsided.

 

[Ed Hillel]

Geez, the front looks like crumpled up plastic. At least it was probably painless.

 

[Beomoose]

That's awful, couple promising young lives cut short.

 

[Plympton91]

Stunning reminder of how fragile our own lives are. You can seemingly have the world at your fingertips one minute and the next minute it all changes. How heartbreaking and cruel for the two families foremost, and then for the Cardinals and all of baseball.

1 Thessalonians 4:13-14

But we do not want you to be uninformed, brothers, about those who are asleep, that you may not grieve as others do who have no hope. For since we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so, through Jesus, God will bring with him those who have fallen asleep.