Caracas — Jesús Montero, a Venezuelan who once played for the New York Yankees and Seattle Mariners, died Sunday following a traffic accident in his country two weeks ago, the Venezuelan Professional Baseball League said. He was 35. The former catcher’s motorcycle reportedly crashed into a truck on Oct. 4 and he had been hospitalized ever since in critical condition. …
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The Athletic has live coverage of Mariners vs. Blue Jays from Game 6 of the American League Championship Series Jesús Montero, who was once a top-10 baseball prospect while coming up through the New York Yankees organization and played one season with the Yankees and four seasons with the Seattle Mariners, died on Sunday. The Yankees confirmed Montero’s death, which …
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Jesús Montero, a former promising Yankees prospect and five-year major leaguer, has died at 35 after a motorcycle accident. According to a GoFundMe that attempted to raise money for his hospital bills, Montero had been involved in the accident earlier this month in Venezuela and suffered severe injuries for which he was put into an induced coma. The Yankees, as …
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