Tony Fernandez has died at the age of 57, per reports out of the Dominican Republic. The longtime major league shortstop had been battling kidney problems and had suffered a stroke, and the family apparently elected to remove him from life support this evening.
Fernandez debuted in the majors with the Toronto Blue Jays at the age of 21 in 1983, and by 1985 was a full time starter at shortstop for the Jays. Fernandez put up a bWAR of between 3.9 and 5.1 every year from 1985 through 1990, and won four straight Gold Gloves in that stretch.