Yordano Ventura

Fans and Teammates Reflect on a Tragic Loss

Time.  Something we take for granted.  We thought, with time, that Yordano Ventura would be one of the best pitchers in baseball.  But Yordano’s time ran out tragically with a one-car accident that took his life at age 25 in his native Dominican Republic.  Though we figured that there would be so much more, the right-handed Ventura provided Royals fans with some electrifying pitching moments in his shortened Royals career. Link to Full Story with Audio

Yordano Ventura
Yordano Ventura posed during a photo shoot at Spring Training in 2016. Before Ventura’s tragic death, he would’ve reported for 2017 Spring Training Feb. 14.