Luis Valbuena and Jose Castillo were killed in a car accident in Venezuela, per a breaking report by reporter Marcos Grunfeld late Thursday evening.
Castillo, a native Venezuelan, was signed to the Tampa Bay Rays in 2012, then traded to the San Diego Padres in 2014. He was 22 years old at the time of his death.
Valbuena was also a native Venezuelan who had played for the Seattle Mariners, Cleveland Indians, Chicago Cubs, Houston Astros, and Los Angeles Angels, respectively. He was a free agent at the time of his death. He was 33 years old.