Los Angeles (AFP) - Kansas City Royals pitcher Yordano Ventura died Sunday after a car accident in his native Dominican Republic, the Major League Baseball team confirmed in a statement.
Ventura, 25, a member of the Royals pitching rotation during their 2015 World Series win, died early Sunday, the team said.
No details of the accident were immediately available.
Ventura's death came on the same day that former major league player Andy Marte died in a separate car crash, also in the Dominican Republic, according to a statement by his management company on Twitter.