The baseball world is in shock on this Sunday in late September. One of the top pitchers in all of baseball, Jose Fernandez has passed away leaving everyone throughout the nation speechless.
Prior to Sunday Afternoon’s game, the New York Yankees and Toronto Blue Jays joined the rest of major league baseball and gave a moment of silence for the late pitcher.
When Yankees manager Joe Girardi was asked by the media in Toronto regarding Fernandez’s passing he had this to say:
On behalf of Hal Steinbrenner and the rest of the Yankees organization, the Yankees posted this statement on their twitter account:
Fernandez was only 24 years old.