Dotel is survived by his wife Massiel and their two children
Former Major League Baseball pitcher Octavio Dotel has died following the tragic night club collapse in Dominic Republic, according to multiple reports.
Dotel, 51, was reportedly alive when he was pulled from the rubble, but died on the way to the hospital.
“Former MLB pitcher Octavio Dotel has passed away, after being rescued from the rubble at the Jet Set night club in the Dominican Republic due to the collapse of the roof,” MLB insider Héctor Gómez reported on Tuesday, April 8 in a post on X.
General Juan Manuel Méndez, head of the Emergency Operations Center (COE), also confirmed Dotel’s death to Dominican newspaper Noticias Sin on Tuesday. ESPN also verified the news.
The outlet said that Dotel was rescued from the rubble at Jet Set night club before dying during the trip to the hospital.
Another local outlet, Diario Libre, also reported that they confirmed Dotel’s death.
Dotel is survived by his wife Massiel and their children Eduardo and Nicole, per his MLB profile. Just three days before the deadly collapse, Massiel posted a video of herself and Dotel talking about their happy marriage.
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Two other former MLB players — Henry Blanco, who played for the Seattle Mariners and the Arizona Diamondbacks, and Esteban Germán, who played for the Kansas City Royals and the Oakland Athletics — were also at the Jet Set nightclub that night, but left before the roof collapsed around 1 a.m. in the early morning hours of Tuesday, according to La Nación.
As of Tuesday afternoon, General Méndez said his team is still searching for survivors under the rubble. “The important thing is that we’re rescuing the people who are alive… we’re looking for everyone, Rubby and everyone who was there,” Méndez said, per Noticias Sin.
