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Longtime Minor League Pitcher Dies in Warrenville Monday

Matt Pobereyko, who had recently become a top hurler in Mexico, died suddenly Monday in the Chicago suburb of Warrenville

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Longtime minor league pitcher Matt Pobereyko, who had recently become a top hurler in Mexico, died suddenly Monday in the Chicago suburb of Warrenville, officials and shocked loved ones said.

He was just 31 & was discovered unresponsive on his kitchen floor by his girlfriend, according to his brother, Daniel Pobereyko.

Pobereyko, a 6-foot-3, 220-pound pitcher, was found "unresponsive on his kitchen floor" and "pronounced dead on the scene," Warrenville Police Chief Sam Bonilla said in a statement.

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“He just dropped, and that’s all we know,” Daniel Pobereyko said. “We don’t know. There’s nothing outstanding on the autopsy. But from what I understand, he would have gotten a clean bill of health if he had a pulse.”

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