The promising career of Nick Adenhart ended abruptly when the young pitcher was killed in a hit-and-run accident just after midnight Thursday.
Adenhart, 22, was in the Angels' rotation and had just pitched six shutout innings for the Angels only a few hours before the accident took his life. He has been considered one of the top pitching prospects in baseball the past few seasons. He was listed as the Angels' No. 1 prospect heading into the season by Baseball America and was BA's No. 24 prospect in all of baseball in 2008.
It's usually sad when anyone dies, but Adenhart was a young stud prospect who was killed while driving home and was killed by a reckless driver. The Angels have postponed their game Thursday to mourn the pitcher's death.
It's a real shame; he could have been an All-Star for years to come. Now we'll never know. Our condolences go out to the Adenhart family and the families of the other two people killed in the accident.
- Miniaci
