{"id":28119,"date":"2020-01-14T01:43:35","date_gmt":"2020-01-14T06:43:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonbaseball.com\/?p=28119"},"modified":"2020-01-14T10:18:48","modified_gmt":"2020-01-14T15:18:48","slug":"washington-nationals-prospect-fausto-segura-dies-at-age-23","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2020\/01\/14\/washington-nationals-prospect-fausto-segura-dies-at-age-23\/","title":{"rendered":"Washington Nationals Prospect Fausto Segura Dies at Age 23"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Washington Nationals Prospect Fausto Segura Dies at Age 23<\/h1>\n<p>Washington Nationals pitching prospect Fausto Segura has died in a motorcycle accident. Segura 23, was hit by a van while riding a motorcycle in the Dominican Republic this past Sunday night. The accident occurred near the Barahona airport.<\/p>\n<h2>Nationals Statement<\/h2>\n<p>The Nationals released this statement following the death of Segura:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The Washington Nationals are extremely saddened to learn of the tragic passing of Fausto Segura, a 23-year-old pitcher who spent the 2019 season with our short-season affiliate Auburn Doubledays. He was beloved by his teammates, coaches, coordinators and everyone he came in contact with throughout our organization. We extend our deepest sympathies to Fausto&#8217;s family, friends and loved ones in their time of grief.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The Washington Nationals are extremely saddened to learn of the tragic passing of Fausto Segura. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/vPP0M7FNuR\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/vPP0M7FNuR<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Washington Nationals (@Nationals) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Nationals\/status\/1216784496240054273?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">January 13, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3>Fausto Segura&#8217;s Career<\/h3>\n<p>Segura was signed by the Nationals as an international free agent when he was 20 years old. He made his debut in the Dominican Summer League in 2017. In 2018 Segura pitched in the Gulf Coast League. Last season Segura pitched for the Auburn Doubledays of the New York Penn League.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We are deeply saddened to learn of the passing of Fausto Segura, a 2019 New York Penn League All Star. He will be greatly missed and we are thinking of his family at this time. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/UajGMGSBzf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/UajGMGSBzf<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Auburn Doubledays (@Doubledays) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Doubledays\/status\/1216826380819816448?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">January 13, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>In three seasons Segura had a 4-6 record with 3 saves and a 3.88 ERA and a 1.396 WHIP. In 67 innings pitched Segura struck out 65 batters. Segura was an All-Star in 2019 for Auburn.<\/p>\n<h2>Segura&#8217;s Potential<\/h2>\n<p>The right-handed Segura stood at 6-foot-3 and was starting to open up some eyes within the Nationals organization. Johnny DiPuglia is the assistant general manager of international operations and said he showed some upside.<\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-34622dd6210857405a35048b3435c55b\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink \">&#8220;He was starting to take off,&#8221;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.masnsports.com\/nationals-pastime\/2020\/01\/pitching-prospect-fausto-segura-dies-in-motorcycle-accident.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>DiPuglia said of Segura<\/strong><\/a>. &#8220;We were excited about him. But the thing we were most excited about him was how his maturation had improved.&#8221;<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-72d4192f962b8f8ae779240ed9576086\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink \">&#8220;So that\u2019s the sad thing. The kid was starting to figure some things out, and then this happens.&#8221;\u201cA lot of reason behind our success is due to the way we care about these kids,\u201d DiPuglia said. \u201cThey become family, and they know that we\u2019re on their side. So when you do lose one of them like this, it hurts like you\u2019re losing one of your kids. That\u2019s how close you get to them. You talk to people who worked with him at different levels, and they all say the same thing: He was a kid that had come a long way, and he had a bright future.\u201d\u00a0<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Washington Nationals Prospect Fausto Segura Dies at Age 23 Washington Nationals pitching prospect Fausto Segura has died in a motorcycle accident. Segura 23, was hit by a van while riding a motorcycle in the Dominican Republic this past Sunday night. The accident occurred near the Barahona airport. 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