Rheal Cormier, the Canadian former Montreal Expos pitcher who spent 16 seasons in Major League Baseball, has passed away. He was 53.

Cormier was born in 1967 in Moncton, N.B. and was drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the sixth round of the 1988 MLB Amateur Draft.

 

Image sourced from: https://montrealexposcards.wordpress.com/2012/04/11/1997-topps-montreal-expos/1997-topps-baseball-467-rheal-cormier-back/

 

Our thoughts and prayers are with his family and loved ones during this difficult time.

Media links:

https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/1774495/mort-rheal-cormier-baseball-acadie-cancer-philies-expos-cardinals-redsox

https://www.lapresse.ca/sports/baseball/2021-03-08/l-ancien-lanceur-des-expos-rheal-cormier-est-mort.php#

https://www.tsn.ca/moncton-n-b-born-lefty-rheal-cormier-veteran-of-16-mlb-seasons-dead-at-53-1.1604437

https://www.sportsnet.ca/mlb/article/made-rheal-cormier-one-canadas-greatest-baseball-players/

https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/former-montreal-expos-pitcher-rheal-cormier-has-died-at-age-53-1.5338638

https://ca.sports.yahoo.com/news/former-canadian-major-leaguer-rheal-205852633.html

https://www.sportsnet.ca/mlb/article/canadian-baseball-hall-fame-pitcher-rheal-cormier-dies-53/