Octavio Dotel, Who Once Held Record Of Pitching For 13 Major League Teams, Dies In DR Roof Collapse | rssama.com

SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) — Octavio Dotel, who sounded for 13 awesome convention teams successful a 15-year profession and won a World Series pinch nan St. Louis Cardinals, was among nan dormant aft a roof collapsed astatine a nightclub successful his autochthonal Dominican Republic wherever he was attending a merengue concert. He was 51.

Officials initially said Dotel was rescued from nan debris and transported to a hospital, but spokesperson Satosky Terrero from nan Professional Baseball League of nan Dominican Republic confirmed to The Associated Press that Dotel died later Tuesday.

At slightest 79 group died and 160 were injured aft nan illness astatine nan Jet Set nightclub, officials said. Tony Blanco, who played 1 MLB play and 8 years professionally successful Japan, besides died pursuing nan collapse, Terrero said. Also killed was Nelsy Cruz, politician of nan Monte Cristi state and nan sister of Nelson Cruz, a erstwhile MLB subordinate and existent MLB typical advisor to shot operations.

“Major League Baseball is profoundly saddened by nan passings of Octavio Dotel, Tony Blanco, Nelsy Cruz, and each nan victims of past night’s calamity successful Santo Domingo,” MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred said successful a statement. “We nonstop our heartfelt condolences to nan families and friends of each those who person been affected and to our workfellow Nelson and his full family. The relationship betwixt shot and nan Dominican Republic runs deep, and we are reasoning of each nan Dominican players and fans crossed nan crippled today.”

MLB Players Association executive head Tony Clark said nan national stands agreed pinch nan Dominican organization “amid nan incomprehensible sadness.”

“We grieve for each nan victims and nonstop a typical connection of support to nan families of Octavio Dotel and Tony Blanco, who time off an unspeakable void pinch their passing, and to Nelson Cruz, whose family mislaid a sparkling ray pinch nan decease of his sister, Nelsy,” he said successful a statement.

Dotel signed pinch nan New York Mets successful 1993 arsenic an amateur free supplier and made his awesome convention debut successful 1999. A starter early successful his career, he turned into a reliable and astatine times ascendant reliever while appearing successful 758 games from 1999-2013.

When he took nan mound for nan Detroit Tigers connected April 7, 2012, he group nan grounds playing for nan astir awesome convention teams astatine 13. Edwin Jackson collapsed nan grounds successful 2019 erstwhile he sounded for his 14th team.

The Mets held a infinitesimal of soundlessness for Dotel earlier their crippled Tuesday against Miami, and a Dominican emblem was shown connected nan video scoreboard.

Dotel’s champion years were pinch nan Houston Astros successful nan early 2000s. He was a setup man for prima person Billy Wagner, making 302 appearances and posting a 3.25 ERA successful four-plus seasons. He was nan 5th of six pitchers to harvester connected a no-hitter against nan New York Yankees successful 2003. The adjacent year, he was portion of nan three-way waste and acquisition that brought Carlos Beltran to nan Astros.

Dotel sounded for 9 teams earlier he landed pinch nan Cardinals, who acquired him from Toronto astatine nan 2011 waste and acquisition deadline. He appeared successful 12 postseason games, including 5 successful nan World Series against Texas.

In 2013, he sounded connected nan Dominican Republic squad that won nan World Baseball Classic pinch an 8-0 record.

Dotel vanished his awesome convention profession pinch 1,143 strikeouts successful 951 innings, a magnificent complaint of 10.8 per 9 innings. He had a profession 59-50 record, 109 saves and 3.78 ERA.

In 2019, Dotel and ex-major leaguer Luis Castillo were among 18 group taken into custody during a ample U.S. and Dominican rule enforcement cognition against supplier trafficking and money laundering. Dotel and Castillo were released erstwhile a Dominican magistrate judge recovered insufficient grounds to link them to nan operation.

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