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Former Mets Pitcher Pedro Feliciano Dies at Age 45

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Former New York Mets pitcher Pedro Feliciano died Sunday night at the age of 45, as ESPN's Eduardo Perez reported Monday:

Eduardo Perez

Just found out that former <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Mets?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Mets</a> reliever Pedro Feliciano passed away last night in his sleep. He was 45years young. He was a really good released but a better person off the field. He will be missed ud83cuddf5ud83cuddf7 <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Leones?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Leones</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Cangrejeros?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Cangrejeros</a>. He was jet skiing yesterday with his family. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/sad?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#sad</a> ud83dude1f

The Mets confirmed the news in a statement:

"The Mets are so saddened to hear of the loss to their family today.