Byline: Associated Press
PITTSBURGH -- Brian Cole, among the top prospects in the New York Mets' farm system, was killed in a car crash Saturday, the team said.
The 22-year outfielder was driving home from spring training in Port St. Lucie, Fla., to Meridian, Miss., to drop off his truck. He was to fly Sunday to Binghamton, N.Y., to join the Mets' Double-A team.
Mets spokesman Jay Horwitz said Cole's truck was hit by another vehicle near the Florida-Alabama border and he was killed almost instantly.
The Mets were at a team dinner following an exhibition game against the Pirates at PNC Park when general manager Steve Phillips received a …
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