"I knew him pretty much right when he came over from Cuba in Tampa," McCullers said. "We started training together in the summers and offseasons and that kind of developed into a really good friendship that had been kept up with ever since."
The 24-year-old Fernandez was killed early Sunday morning in Miami Beach. A two-time All-Star, he was winding down his best big league season, posting a 16-8 record with a 2.86 ERA with a franchise-record 253 strikeouts. His death hit the baseball world hard, and McCullers in particular.
"I don't even know," he said.