Yankees pay tribute to Miller Gardner, late teen son of former star outfielder

The New York Yankees connected Thursday paid tribute to the precocious teenage lad of erstwhile outfielder Brett Gardner earlier their 4-2 triumph implicit the Milwaukee Brewers.

Miller Gardner, 14, died portion successful Costa Rica past week. 

The squad observed a infinitesimal of soundlessness earlier the archetypal transportation and displayed a photograph of Miller connected the team’s video board.

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A infinitesimal of soundlessness is observed for Miller Gardner, lad of erstwhile New York Yankees subordinate Brett Gardner, earlier the commencement of an opening time shot crippled betwixt the Yankees and the Milwaukee Brewers astatine Yankee Stadium Thursday, March 27, 2025, successful New York.  (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

"Our hearts are heavy, and the Yankees household is filled with grief aft learning of the passing of Miller Gardner," the squad said successful a connection Sunday. "Words consciousness insignificant and insufficient successful trying to picture specified an unimaginable loss. It wasn’t conscionable Brett who virtually grew up successful this enactment for much than 17 years — truthful did his wife, Jessica, and their 2 boys, Hunter and Miller.

"We grieve with Brett, Jessica, Hunter and their assemblage of household and friends successful mourning the nonaccomplishment of Miller, who had a spark successful his eyes, an outgoing and feisty personality, and a lukewarm and loving nature. Our emotion for the Gardner household is unconditional and absolute, and we volition connection our enduring enactment portion knowing their tendency for privateness astatine this time.

"May Miller remainder successful peace."

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The New York Yankees' Brett Gardner walks disconnected the tract aft losing to the Tampa Bay Rays Oct. 2, 2021, successful New York.  (AP Photo/Adam Hunger, File)

Marisel Rodriguez Solis, the caput of property for Costa Rica’s Judicial Investigation Police (OIJ), told Fox News the probe has shifted to imaginable nutrient poisoning arsenic the astir apt cause, but asphyxiation has not been ruled out. 

The results from the forensic and pathology tests could instrumentality betwixt 1 to 4 months.

The Gardner household stayed at the Arenas Del Mar edifice successful Manuel Antonio and ate astatine an Italian edifice astatine a adjacent edifice March 20. All 4 household members began to consciousness sick by 11 p.m. wherever they were staying.

The Arenas Del Mar edifice called a doc to springiness them medicine to assistance with the tummy issues. The adjacent morning, Miller Gardner was recovered dormant with traces of vomit.

New York Yankees halfway fielder Brett Gardner is greeted aft hitting a solo location tally against the Toronto Blue Jays successful the ninth inning astatine Rogers Centre successful Toronto Sept. 30, 2021. (Dan Hamilton/USA Today Sports)

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Costa Rican authorities were inactive investigating the origin of death.

Fox News’ Bryan Llenas contributed to this report.

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