Rays’ statement on passing of scout

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Our deepest sympathies go out to the family of Andrés Reiner — especially his wife, Carmina, and sons Robert and Andres Jr., and daughter Sylvia.

The Tampa Bay Rays join them in their grief along with the vast network of people who were influenced by Andrés’ vision and insight for more than 60 years.

Andrés transformed the way baseball was scouted in Venezuela when he opened the first baseball academy in the country for the Houston Astros in 1990. While many are aware of the 25 young men from that program who reached the big leagues — including Johan Santana, Bob Abreu …

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