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Former major league pitcher Octavio Dotel was among those who died after the roof of an iconic nightclub collapsed in the Dominican Republic early Tuesday morning, the Dominican National Police confirmed.

At least 44 people were killed, including Nelsy Cruz, the governor of the northwestern province of Montecristi and sister of seven-time MLB All-Star Nelson Cruz. Another 160 people were injured.

The collapse occurred around 1 a.m. during a merengue concert, which drew athletes, politicians and others to the Jet Set nightclub in Santo Domingo, the Dominican capital. It wasn't immediately clear what caused the roof to collapse.

The Professional Baseball League of the Dominican Republic also confirmed Dotel's death on social media.

Dotel, who logged 36 saves for the Houston Astros and the Athletics in 2004, was pulled from the rubble about six hours after the collapse and was transported to a hospital.

"Dotel was taken to one of the designated hospitals. On the way there, his condition worsened and he died," Dominican National Police spokesman Diego Pesqueira said.

Dotel, 51, started his major league career in 1999 with the New York Mets. In 2011, he helped the St. Louis Cardinals win a World Series. During his 15 years in the majors, Dotel recorded 109 saves and logged a 3.78 ERA.

Nelsy Cruz had called President Luis Abinader at 12:49 a.m. saying she was trapped and that the roof had collapsed, First Lady Raquel Abraje told reporters. Officials said Cruz died later at the hospital.

"This is too great a tragedy," an emotional Abraje said.

President Abinader, who was at the scene, wrote on X that all rescue agencies are "working tirelessly" to help those affected.

Nearly 12 hours after the top of the nightclub collapsed down onto patrons, rescue crews were still pulling out survivors from the debris. At the scene, firefighters removed blocks of broken concrete and sawed planks of wood to use them as planks to lift heavy debris as the noise of drills breaking through concrete filled the air.

"We have faith in God that we will rescue even more people alive," Abinader told reporters.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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The 1-8 Atlanta Braves will be without one of their top starters for at least three months, and likely much longer. Reynaldo López underwent arthroscopic shoulder surgery Tuesday and will not throw for 12 weeks, manager Brian Snitker announced (via The Athletic). He will be re-examined at that point. The Braves are hopeful López can pitch again this season.

López, 31, had a tough time cracking 95 mph with his fastball in spring training after averaging 95.7 mph on his heater last season. That was the first warning sign. López allowed three runs in five innings in his regular-season debut and was again missing velocity. Between spring training and the regular season, López has struck out only six of 77 batters faced in 2025.

The Braves are awaiting the return of Spencer Strider, who had UCL surgery last April. He was dominant in spring training and has allowed one run in 8 ⅔ innings while striking out 14 in two minor-league rehab starts. Strider will make his third rehab start Thursday and is expected to stretch his pitch count to 80 or so. He could rejoin the Braves soon thereafter.

Even if López gets cleared to throw in 12 weeks, it will take another 4-6 weeks to prepare to pitch in games. The best case scenario is a September return, it seems. For the time being, Atlanta's rotation depth chart looks like this:
  1. LHP Chris Sale
  2. RHP Spencer Strider (rehabbing from UCL surgery)
  3. RHP Reynaldo López (out at least 12 weeks following shoulder surgery)
  4. RHP Spencer Schwellenbach
  5. RHP Grant Holmes
  6. RHP AJ Smith-Shawver
  7. RHP Hurston Waldrep
  8. LHP Dylan Dodd
  9. RHP Davis Daniel
López was a revelation for the Braves last season. They shifted him back into the rotation after he'd worked as a reliever from 2022-23 and he gave him 135 ⅔ innings of 1.99 ERA ball. Expecting López to do that again was unreasonable -- no one puts up a sub-2.00 ERA as a starter in back-to-back season -- but losing him potentially until September is a major blow.

The Braves are 1-8 primarily because of their offense. They've scored only 24 runs in their nine games, and 10 of the 24 came in their only win. In addition to Strider, the Braves are eagerly awaiting the return of Ronald Acuña Jr. He's completing his rehab from ACL surgery and is expected back in the coming weeks.

12 weeks? That's fucking great!

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@O-Blaze We got another rough week ahead of us cause we play the Phils in a three-game series, starting tonight. Also, the game's on TBS.
 
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Fucking of course! The game's blacked out in my area.
 
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Go fuck yourselves sports market.
 
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You can get 30 days free of the fanduel sports network. Just put in promo code braves30day at checkout @Wolverine
 

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Fucking of course! The game's blacked out in my area.
Try TBS. They have the game on TV. Bally Sports South and Southeast are airing hockey and basketball. Not the Braves game. On the MLB Network it said TBS for out of market and Bally for in market. In Myrtle Beach, I am in the Braves market. Don't get how being in Georgia or South Carolina isn't in the Braves market.
 

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Try TBS. They have the game on TV. Bally Sports South and Southeast are airing hockey and basketball. Not the Braves game. On the MLB Network it said TBS for out of market and Bally for in market. In Myrtle Beach, I am in the Braves market. Don't get how being in Georgia or South Carolina isn't in the Braves market.
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Thank you so much Blaze. :)
 

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Looks like there was false advertising of what is on TV @O-Blaze and @Wolverine Bally/FanDuel Sports Southeast is airing the game. Because I hear baseball stuff and not hockey stuff.
 

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Yeah. I'm on the app. Once my trial ends I sadly will miss alot of games since Dish don't carry the network