Two-time Giants world champ rescued at sea after boat capsizes
Former Giants outfielder Angel Pagan had to be rescued at sea off the coast of Puerto Rico on Tuesday after a 15-foot wave knocked over his boat, according to multiple reports.
The 37-year-old Pagan, who won a pair of World Series championship rings with San Francisco, reportedly escaped harm but his friend Orlando Roman, a former minor league teammate with the Mets, was treated for head trauma after the Tuesday morning incident about an hour from San Juan. The former players were also joined on the boat by a minor, who escaped injury according to the website Con Las Bases Llenas.
Pagan, an 11-year veteran who last played in the majors with the Giants in 2016, was San Francisco’s starting center fielder in 2012 when the team won the second of three championships. He hasn’t played since deciding to take off the 2017 season to spend more time with his family.
The switch-hitter batted .280 with more than 1,100 career hits while playing with the Cubs, Mets and Giants.