Thread:Angry Hearts/@comment-6268337-20160925193843/@comment-6268337-20160926134302

To be sure, the Marlins organization will take care of his wife and child. Not sure if he qualified for pension, but between the team and the player's union, they will do something for his family.

The Marlins will have to open a spot on the 40 man because the team has to move on, sadly, without him. I wasn't around for Clemente, so I only was able to read about him. But he has remained a legend in Pittsburgh (along with Puerto Rico and baseball in general) long after his death. Fernandez would probably be compared to the likes of Ken Hubbs or even Thurman Munson...players whose potential was never realized because they died too soon.

I'm not sure if you saw this, but the back of Fernandez' 2016 Topps card had a blurb in the back that included the line below:  Fernandez's motto is, "every five days I go into a start as if it's the last game I'll ever pitch."