Jose Delfin Fernandez Gomez better known as Jose Fernandez is one of the rising and demanding names in the world of baseball, MLB. He is highly valued for his outstanding contribution in the field of baseball. He is a Cuban American professional baseball pitcher for the Miami Marlins of Major League Baseball. He bats and throws right-handed. He made his MLB debut in 2013.
Jose Fernandez was born as Jose Delfin Fernandez Gomez in the year 1992, on July 31 to Cuban parents, Marita Fernandez and Ramon Jimenez. He was born and raised in Santa Clara, Cuba. According to sources, we found that his ethnicity is a white and holds the citizenship of United States. He attended Braulio Alonso High School in Tampa, Florida.
Jose Fernandez made his MLB debut on 7th of April 2013 in a match against the New York Mets representing the Miami Marlins. He pitched to a 13-1 win-loss record with a 2.35 earned run average (ERA) and 134 strikeouts. He also threw two no-hitters. Talking about his professional accomplishments, he was selected by The Florida Marlins in the first round, with the 14th overall selection, of the 2011 MLB draft.
He signed with the Marlins, receiving a $ 2 million signing bonus. After making his contract with the Marlins, he was assigned to play with Jamestown Jammers of the Class A-Short Season New York-Penn League. Currently, he is playing for the Miami Marlins. He is widely admired for his playing styles and playing techniques.
Very fewer people can achieve that success, that reaches and that height which he has achieved in his early age of life. However, Wiki cannot provide any info about his personal life, spouse, and biography. It seems he is not a married man. As he is handsome and successful, rumors have spread about his affair.
He is engaged in a longterm relationship with his loving girlfriend, Carla Mendoza. The pair has been spotted together many times in several places and he agreed to his relationship in 2016. The couple together gave birth to their first child daughter, Penelope Fernandez Arias on 24 February 2017.
Sadly on 25 September 2016, He died in a boating accident off Miami Beach, Florida. The United States Coast Guard found the boat near the Government Cut and South Pointe Park and found Fernandez and two other men, Eduardo Rivero and Emilio Jesus Macias, dead.
He has been very successful in his professional career and so he was in his financial status. Jose Fernandez's net worth is estimated to be in the $2 million-$3 million range. He was previously receiving an annual salary of $4.6 million while he was at his club. Fernandez's lifetime earnings were $6.5 million.
After his death, his mother, Maritza Gomez Fernandez has filed a petition to administer her late son's estate, starting the process of determining who will receive his assets. She filed the court action this week in Miami-Dade County probate court.
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