Ex-MLB star Darryl Strawberry recovering from coronary heart assault: 'Your prayers are so completely appreciated'

(NEXSTAR) – Former MLB star and World Sequence champion Darryl Strawberry is recovering after struggling a coronary heart assault this week, he revealed on Instagram.

Strawberry, 62, indicated that he was hospitalized at St. Joseph Hospital West in Lake St. Louis, Missouri, someday Monday night.

“Praising God for His superb grace and loving mercy in saving my life this night from a coronary heart assault,” Strawberry wrote in his submit, which included a photograph of him in a hospital mattress. “I’m so joyful and honored to report that every one is properly.”

The eight-time All-Star additionally thanked his docs for “bringing me by way of a stent-procedure that has introduced my coronary heart to whole restoration,” he wrote.

“Your prayers are so completely appreciated as I proceed to recuperate, in Jesus Identify!”

Mets spokesman Jay Horwitz mentioned Tuesday that Strawberry is at the moment resting comfortably, the Related Press reported.

Strawberry, who celebrated his 62nd birthday on March 12, had beforehand battled colon most cancers, later turning into an advocate for early screening.

“I’d encourage folks, , as a result of I had most cancers twice,” Strawberry remarked in a section on Nexstar’s WAVY in 2020. “I used to be in nice form. I used to be caught [in my] mid-30s, and there it was. I bought a tumor within me, and I’m taking part in main league baseball. So it will probably occur to anyone.”

Strawberry, a member of the New York Baseball Corridor of Fame, started his MLB profession with the New York Mets in 1983. The crew plans to retire his quantity throughout a pre-game ceremony this season.