Octavio Dotel
MLB Groups Pay Tribute After Loss of life
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3:24 PM PT — MLB commissioner Robert Manfred launched an announcement on the passing of Dotel, Nelson Cruz‘s sister, Nelsy, and former professional Tony Blanco … saying, “We send our heartfelt condolences to the families and friends of all those who have been affected and to our colleague Nelson and his entire family.”
“The connection between baseball and the Dominican Republic runs deep, and we are thinking of all the Dominican players and fans across the game today.”
The New York Mets paid tribute to former participant Octavio Dotel on Tuesday … hours after a nightclub roof collapsed and killed the World Collection champion within the Dominican Republic.
Previous to the staff’s recreation in opposition to the Miami Marlins, the Metropolitans held a second of silence for Dotel, who made his Main League debut with the squad in June 1999.
We mourn the passing of Octavio Dotel.
Our ideas are with everybody affected by the tragedy within the Dominican Republic. pic.twitter.com/UZk88QiBoA
— New York Mets (@Mets) April 8, 2025
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Past the second of silence, staff supervisor Carlos Mendoza addressed the tragic occasion in his pre-game press convention.
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“We have a lot of Dominican community in the baseball world,” he mentioned. “So our prayers to their families.”
The staff he spent the vast majority of his profession with — the Houston Astros — additionally launched an announcement on his passing … saying they have been “heartbroken.”
“A workhorse, Dotel’s club-leading 159 appearances in 2002-03 combined were second in the Majors in that span, during which he posted a 2.15 ERA.”
We’re heartbroken to be taught the tragic information that former Astros pitcher Octavio Dotel was certainly one of a number of people that handed away when a roof collapsed in his native Dominican Republic final evening.
Dotel, 51, spent 5 seasons (2000-04) of his excellent, 15-year Main… pic.twitter.com/wQui3h7rko
— Houston Astros (@astros) April 8, 2025
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Dotel was amongst the not less than 44 killed after the Jet Set roof in Santo Domingo collapsed within the early hours of Tuesday morning. Rescue efforts are nonetheless underway to achieve round 100 folks trapped beneath the rubble.
MLB Insider Héctor Gómez was the primary to report the 51-year-old was pulled from the rubble, however later acknowledged he died whereas in transit to the hospital.
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