{"id":410840,"date":"2026-09-26T00:24:20","date_gmt":"2026-09-26T00:24:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/410840\/"},"modified":"2026-09-26T00:24:20","modified_gmt":"2026-09-26T00:24:20","slug":"friday-marks-10-years-since-death-of-marlins-star-jose-fernandez-nbc-6-south-florida","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/410840\/","title":{"rendered":"Friday marks 10 years since death of Marlins star Jose Fernandez \u2013 NBC 6 South Florida"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Friday marks 10 years since the death of beloved Miami Marlins pitcher Jose Fernandez.<\/p>\n<p>Fernandez was killed in a boat crash off Miami Beach on Sept. 25, 2016. He was just 24.<\/p>\n<p>Investigators said Fernandez was legally drunk, had cocaine in his system and was behind the wheel when the boat crashed, overturned and killed him and two others onboard.<\/p>\n<p>Fernandez was a cultural hero to many in South Florida&#8217;s Cuban community following his escape from the communist island.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/miami-marlins-jose-fernandez-121115.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"   alt=\"Miami Marlins starting pitcher Jose Fernandez throws during the first inning of a baseball game against the Washington Nationals at Nationals Park, Friday, Sept. 18, 2015, in Washington. (AP Photo\/Alex Brandon)\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tAPAP<\/p>\n<p>Miami Marlins starting pitcher Jose Fernandez throws during the first inning of a baseball game against the Washington Nationals at Nationals Park, Friday, Sept. 18, 2015, in Washington. (AP Photo\/Alex Brandon)<\/p>\n<p>He was a first-round pick of the Marlins in June 2011 and less than two years later, he was starting in the big leagues as a 19-year-old.<\/p>\n<p>In less than four seasons with the Marlins, Fernandez went 38-17 in 76 career starts with a 2.53 ERA and 589 strikeouts. He was the National League\u2019s Rookie of the Year in 2013 and a two-time All-Star.<\/p>\n<p>In a post on social media, Fernandez&#8217;s mother said his memory, his smile and his hugs continue to live within her heart.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Friday marks 10 years since the death of beloved Miami Marlins pitcher Jose Fernandez. Fernandez was killed in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":410841,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[123,125,3822,124],"class_list":["post-410840","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-miami","tag-miami","tag-miami-headlines","tag-miami-marlins","tag-miami-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/410840","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=410840"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/410840\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/410841"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=410840"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=410840"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=410840"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}