Twins prospect Yorman Landa dies at age 22 in a car accident in Venezuela

[TwistedLogic]

@Twins: "Our thoughts and prayers are with the family of Yorman Landa, Twins MiLB pitcher who tragically passed away last night in Venezuela."

 

Scouting Report:

 

Yorman Landa signed with the Twins out of Venezuela as a 16-year-old in 2010 and has yet to pitch above low Single-A, but the right-hander was added to the 40-man roster in November to protect him from the Rule 5 draft. Landa's numbers have been good at every stop, including a 2.53 ERA and 174 strikeouts in 181 career innings, but he's thrown more than 40 innings in a season just once thanks to injuries.

 

Shoulder surgery ended his 2014 season and sidelined Landa for the first two months of 2015, but he returned to throw 36 innings with a 1.25 ERA and 40/16 K/BB ratio while holding opponents to a .167 batting average and one homer. Keeping the ball in the ballpark has been a major strength for Landa, a ground-ball machine who's allowed just four homers in 784 plate appearances as a pro. Last season opponents slugged .228 off Landa, including zero extra-base hits by lefties.

 

Landa works in the mid-90s with his fastball and generates strikeouts with his slider. His control definitely needs work, as he's issued 104 walks in 181 innings and has never walked fewer than 4.0 batters per nine innings in a season. Based on a typical promotion schedule Landa wouldn't be in the Twins' plans until mid-2017 at the earliest, but since he's already on the 40-man roster a quicker call-up is always possible.

 

http://www.fangraphs.com/statss.aspx?playerid=sa597276&position=P

[Spanky99]

That's sad... RIP youngin'

[FrozenRopes]

Wtf is going on? Too many youngsters to soon.

[Stangstag]

Was probably driving drunk

[Krylian]

Was probably driving drunk

 

Could very well be. It always seems to be something that was completely avoidable.

[GD]

Was probably driving drunk

 

Kindly f*** off to Reddit or Sportsnet thanks

[Jonn]

Always sad when someone so young dies. Regardless of the circumstances. RIP. Sadly this is happening way to often.

[L54]

Was probably driving drunk

 

It's always best to make assumptions, especially instances like this.

[Spanky99]

It's always best to make assumptions, especially instances like this.

 

Ridiculous.

[King]

Was probably driving drunk

 

His dad was driving and he was in the passenger seat. They hit a tree that had fallen onto the road. Yorman was the only one who died out of 4-5 people in the car

[GD]

Was probably driving drunk

 

His dad was driving and he was in the passenger seat. They hit a tree that had fallen onto the road. Yorman was the only one who died out of 4-5 people in the car

 

Delete your f***ing account, christ.

[Pendleton]

Very sad, may he rest in peace.

 

Was probably driving drunk

 

I hope you're ashamed of this.

Edited December 11, 2016 by Pendleton

[Stangstag]

His dad was driving and he was in the passenger seat. They hit a tree that had fallen onto the road. Yorman was the only one who died out of 4-5 people in the car

 

I'm glad I was wrong. Hate to see the stupidity of drunk driving take more lives.

[fatcowxlive]

RiP

[fatcowxlive]

Was probably driving drunk

 

Come on man we're just going to assume every car accident = DUI? The guy just passed can we refrain from speculating ?

[Slider]

May he RIP.