Unfortunate news that reached our newsroom on Thursday night; It was announced that the former Venezuelan great league player Alex Herrera died in the city of Maracaibo, as the communicator Antonio Soler wrote through his Twitter account.
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In the message he specified that the former shotgunner of Caribes de Anzoátegui suffered from a painful illness; Likewise, also in the blue bird network there are reports that the left-handed man suffered a heart attack.
I am sorry to report the death of former @MLB Alex Herrera after fighting like a warrior with a painful disease
– Antonio Toño Soler (@tonosolerp) February 17, 2023
Weeks ago, it emerged that Herrera needed help to overcome a delicate state of health, since he suffered from an aortic aneurysm as well as an aortic dissection.
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At that time he was in Puerto La Cruz.
Born on November 5, 1979, in Maracaibo, Zulia state, the pitcher debuted in the Venezuelan Professional Baseball League in the 1998/1999 season with Caribes de Oriente, for 2003/2004 he was sent to the Cardenales de Lara.
After that tournament he was traded again, on that occasion to Leones del Caracas along with pitcher Edwin Hurtado and catcher Luis Camacaro, for ranger René Reyes and pitcher Lino Urdaneta.
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With the long-haired he was alone in the 2004/2005 championship, after which he was released and returned to the Caribbean, where his second cycle lasted until mid-2014/2015, when he was again transferred to the red birds, this time by pitcher Harvey Garcia.
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For him, there were 17 seasons in the LVBP where he left a 32-38 record, 28 saves, 4.34 ERA with 476 strikeouts in 585.1 innings. He was part of the first Anzoátegui champion team in 2010/2011.
Regarding the best baseball in the world, Alex Herrera was the Venezuelan number 147 according to the data of Baseball Reference; debuted on September 13, 2002 at the service of the Cleveland Indians; Also launched in 2003.
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As a bigleaguer his balance was 0-0 with an ERA of 5.11, achieving 11 guillotined kills in 12.1 sections.
Consulted source: Ball tournament
