Overview
- His Venezuelan winter club Cardenales de Lara announced his passing, with the Seattle Mariners posting condolences.
- Local outlet Lider en Deportes reported a suspected heart attack while he was driving that led to a fatal collision, a scenario not independently verified.
- Seattle reporter Shawn Garrett cited Venezuelan reports placing the crash outside a shopping center in Naguanagua, Carabobo, where he was pronounced dead on arrival.
- Medina pitched in MLB from 2013 to 2015 with the Mariners and Cubs, recording a 3.08 ERA and a 10–9 record across 146 games.
- He last played in an affiliated organization with the Phillies in 2016 before continuing his career overseas in Italy and the Czech Republic.