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"The board of directors, players and coaching staff of the Saraperos de Saltillo regret the death of our player Matt Pobereyko, who died of a heart attack," the team said on its Twitter account.
The team did not provide further details about the death.
Pobereyko, originally from Hammond, Indiana, was a member of the minor league teams of the Arizona Diamondbacks, New York Mets and Miami Marlins. In the Mexican Summer League he also played with León.
In the Winter League, his last team was the "Algodoneros de Guasave" and he was part of the Mexican team that recently played in the Caribbean Series, where he pitched against Curacao and the Dominican Republic.
"Los Algodoneros" reported that the player died at his home in the United States and they plan a tribute at his stadium on Sunday at noon.
