Teams across baseball held a league-wide moment of silence before Sunday's games to honor the life of Fernandez, a two-time All-Star, who had immigrated to the United States from Cuba on his fourth attempt in 2005 before becoming a U.S. citizen in 2015.
Dozier had met Fernandez when the Twins and Marlins played in 2013 and again this year. Fernandez didn't pitch when Miami visited Minnesota from June 7-9, but he started twice against the Twins as a rookie in 2013, including at Target Field in his fourth career start on April 23, 2013.
"It's just tough," Dozier said.