{"id":74992,"date":"2025-06-03T01:50:10","date_gmt":"2025-06-03T01:50:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/74992\/"},"modified":"2025-06-03T01:50:10","modified_gmt":"2025-06-03T01:50:10","slug":"diamondbacks-post-message-after-sudden-passing-of-former-outfielder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/74992\/","title":{"rendered":"Diamondbacks Post Message After Sudden Passing of Former Outfielder"},"content":{"rendered":"

Diamondbacks Post Message After Sudden Passing of Former Outfielder<\/a> originally appeared on Athlon Sports<\/a>.<\/p>\n

On May 20 it was reported by Newsweek<\/a> that former MLB outfielder Jason Conti had passed away following a severe brain injury. This report referenced an Instagram post from\u00a0Kevin Kramer, a teammate of\u00a0Conti at\u00a0the University of Pittsburgh where the two played college baseball.<\/p>\n

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“Today I share the worst news imaginable – my friend, my Pitt teammate and @mlb @dbacks World Series champion Jason Conti suffered a severe brain injury and is on life support,”\u00a0Kramer wrote. “Unfortunately, he is not going to survive past the weekend. I\u2019m devastated – as a team we are devastated. Rest in peace my friend.”<\/p>\n

Kramer continued, writing, “@pearljam is playing in your hometown of Pittsburgh tomorrow night for you on your last night. Lots of kids grow up dreaming of becoming a @mlb player. Jason lived that dream. My thoughts are with the entire Conti family.”<\/p>\n

On Monday, the Arizona Diamondbacks posted a message on X in response to Conti’s passing.<\/p>\n

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“We are deeply saddened by the sudden passing of former outfielder Jason Conti,” the team wrote.\u00a0“Our thoughts and prayers are with Jason\u2019s family and friends at this time.”<\/p>\n

Conti played parts of five seasons in Major League Baseball, spending two of those in Arizona. He appeared in five games during the 2001 season that ended in a World Series championship for the Diamondbacks.<\/p>\n

His career also included stops with the Tampa Bay Rays, Milwaukee Brewers and Texas Rangers. A left-handed hitting outfielder, Conti was selected by the Diamondbacks in the 32nd round of the 1996 MLB Draft. He debuted in 2000.<\/p>\n

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Related: Dodgers Fans React to Nolan Arenado’s 3-Word Message<\/a><\/p>\n

Related: Yankees Announce Move After 18-2 Loss to Dodgers<\/a><\/p>\n

This story was originally reported by Athlon Sports<\/a> on Jun 2, 2025, where it first appeared.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Diamondbacks Post Message After Sudden Passing of Former Outfielder originally appeared on Athlon Sports. On May 20 it…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":74993,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2404],"tags":[146,22,4314,5,38,19117,19120,59,4,19118,68,69,19119],"class_list":{"0":"post-74992","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-arizona-diamondbacks","8":"tag-arizona","9":"tag-arizona-diamondbacks","10":"tag-arizonadiamondbacks","11":"tag-baseball","12":"tag-diamondbacks","13":"tag-jason-conti","14":"tag-kevin-kramer","15":"tag-milwaukee-brewers","16":"tag-mlb","17":"tag-severe-brain-injury","18":"tag-tampa-bay-rays","19":"tag-texas-rangers","20":"tag-university-of-pittsburgh"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/114616927951026308","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74992","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=74992"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74992\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/74993"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=74992"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=74992"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=74992"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}