Players and coaches in the St. Louis Cardinals organization were reportedly robbed at gunpoint at the team's academy in the Dominican Republic on Friday.
According to MLB insider Héctor Gómez, armed men broke into the Cardinals' academy and robbed money and jewelry from players after taking them out of their rooms and holding coaches at gunpoint.
Per Gómez, the Cleveland Guardians and Miami Marlins have also been robbed by armed men in the Dominican Republic in recent weeks.
Per Bob Nightengale of USA Today, Cardinals president John Mozeliak released a statement regarding the robbery, saying: "This was scary on many fronts.