{"id":1863252,"date":"2023-02-28T10:20:46","date_gmt":"2023-02-28T15:20:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1863252"},"modified":"2023-02-28T10:22:09","modified_gmt":"2023-02-28T15:22:09","slug":"former-mets-pitching-prospect-matt-pobereyko-dead-at-31-from-heart-attack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-mets-pitching-prospect-matt-pobereyko-dead-at-31-from-heart-attack\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Mets Pitching Prospect Matt Pobereyko Dead at 31 From Heart Attack"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fformer-mets-pitching-prospect-matt-pobereyko-dead-at-31-from-heart-attack%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1863252&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47-->\n<p class=\"speakable\">Former <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/sports\/mlb\/new-york-mets\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><u>New York Mets<\/u><\/a> Matt Pobereyko was a pitching prospect who died unexpectedly on Friday from a heart attack. He had most recently been in Mexico as a player. He was 31 years old.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">Hector Gomez, an MLB insider first reported Pobereyko&#8217;s death. However several of his former teams confirmed his death.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The Sioux City Explorers regretfully announce the passing of pitcher Matt Pobereyko on February 24, 2023,&#8221; Iowa-based <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/sports\/mlb\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><u>Professional minor league team<\/u><\/a> Statement: Pobereyko&#8217;s time in 2019-2022\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 767px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/640\/320\/GettyImages-1246961981.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"Mexico&#039;s Caneros de Los Mochis pitcher Matt Pobereyko throws the ball during their Caribbean Series semifinal game against the Dominican Republic&#039;s Tigres de Licey at the Forum La Guaira stadium on Feb. 9, 2023.\u00a0\"   style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p><span>Matt Pobereyko, Mexico&#8217;s Caneros de Los Mochis pitcher, throws the ball against Tigres de Licey of the Dominican Republic at the Forum La Guaira stadium in February 9, 2023.\u00a0<\/span> <span>(YURI CORTEZ\/AFP via Getty Images<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/sports\/unlv-defensive-lineman-ryan-keeler-dead\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><u>UNLV DEFENSIVE LINEMAN RYAN KEEL DEAD<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Words cannot express the grief and sorrow we feel today for Matt&#8217;s family, friends, teammates and his fans,&#8221; Steve Montgomery is the Explorers manager.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He truly loved being an Explorer and being a part of this community. He was as fierce of a friend as he was as a competitor. We will miss him as a baseball player, but even more so as a friend.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 767px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/640\/320\/GettyImages-1407126583.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"A general view of the MLB logo on the on-deck circle during the game between the New York Mets and the Cincinnati Reds at Great American Ball Park on July 5, 2022 in Cincinnati.\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p><span>View of the MLB logo in the on-deck circle during game between the New York Mets &#038; the Cincinnati Reds at Great American Ball Park, July 5, 2022 in Cincinnati.<\/span> <span>(Photo by Dylan Buell\/Getty Images).<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/sports\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><u>CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFORMATION ON FOXNEWS.COM SPORTS COVERAGE<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Pobereyko was born in Hammond, Indiana on Christmas Eve. He played college baseball at Kentucky Wesleyan College and signed a minor league contract. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/sports\/mlb\/arizona-diamondbacks\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><u>Arizona Diamondbacks<\/u><\/a> In 2016.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He was a right-handed pitcher who joined the Mets in 2017. He also spent many seasons in the minors. He also spent time at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/sports\/mlb\/miami-marlins\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><u>Miami Marlins<\/u><\/a> organization.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 767px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/640\/320\/GettyImages-1242573323.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"Baseball: New York Mets logo displayed on a bat sleeve vs Washington Nationals at Nationals Park.\u00a0\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p><span>Baseball: New York Mets logo printed on a bat sleeve against the Washington Nationals at Nationals Park.\u00a0<\/span> <span>(Simon Bruty\/Sports Illustrated via Getty Images).<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/apps-products?pid=AppArticleLink\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><u>CLICK HERE FOR THE FOX NEWS APP<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>According to the report Pobereyko most recently pitched in the Dominican Winter League as well as the Mexican League.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former New York Mets Matt Pobereyko was a pitching prospect who died unexpectedly on Friday from a heart attack. He had most recently been in Mexico as a player. He was 31 years old.\u00a0 Hector Gomez, an MLB insider first reported Pobereyko&#8217;s death. However several of his former teams confirmed his death.\u00a0 &#8220;The Sioux City &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1863255,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[547],"tags":[4002,3642,3999,3622,11753,19949,19950,7907],"class_list":["post-1863252","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-bongino-report","tag-attack","tag-dead","tag-heart","tag-matt","tag-mets","tag-pitching","tag-pobereyko","tag-prospect"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1863252","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1863252"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1863252\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1863255"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1863252"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1863252"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1863252"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}