Jose Fernandez, a pitcher for the Miami Marlins baseball team, has died in a boat crash at the age of 24. The US Coast Guard said Fernandez was one of three people killed in the crash off Miami Beach, Florida yesterday. <br/><br/> The club said it was devastated. Marlins's home game against the Atlanta Braves yesterday was cancelled. Fernandez was born in Santa Clara, in Cuba, and defected to Florida when he was 16, after three failed attempts. He made his debut for the Marlins in 2013.