Prospect Killed

Sandy Acevedo, a young prospect for the New York Yankees, died in a car accident:

My thoughts go out to his family and friends in the wake of this tragedy.

In a 2015 Scout.com interview, Donny Rowland, the Yankees’ director of international scouting, described how the Yankees discovered Acevedo while working out another player, pitcher Yoan Lopez, who ended up signing with the D-backs.

“Acevedo was one of the hitters that we brought in to face him, and he absolutely owned him in three out of four at-bats and crushed stuff,” Rowland said in the interview. “That’s where our staff became sold on this guy. ‘We like the pitcher, but who is the hitter?'”

There will be a moment of silence for Acevedo before the game today.

from baseballmusings.com http://ift.tt/1MR6j4O