Only eight days after pitching his final game for Cuba in the World Baseball Classic, Yadier Pedroso dies in a car crash on a highway outside Havana. Pedroso had beaten Yu Darvish in the finale of the 2004 World Junior Championship, been named Serie Nacional Rookie of the Year (2004-2005), had won a Silver Medal in the 2008 Olympics and had been the All-Star relief pitcher in both the 2010 Intercontinental Cup and 2011 Baseball World Cup.
Only eight days after pitching his final game for Cuba in the World Baseball Classic, Yadier Pedroso dies in a car crash on a highway outside Havana. Pedroso had beaten Yu Darvish in the finale of the 2004 World Junior Championship, been named Serie Nacional Rookie of the Year (2004-2005), had won a Silver Medal in the 2008 Olympics and had been the All-Star relief pitcher in both the 2010 Intercontinental Cup and 2011 Baseball World Cup.