Baseball star reveals horrific death threats sent to him and his girlfriend after mistake cost his team a win

A Seattle Mariners pitcher shared some of the vicious death threats that he's received on social media amidst a tough season for one of the best teams in baseball.

Tayler Saucedo had a rough outing on Wednesday night, surrendering five runs in an 11-2 loss to the Philadelphia Phillies.

After the game, he shared horrific messages sent to himself and his girlfriend. He added that the death threats in question were tied to sports betting.

'@sauce07 [Saucedo] I hope your f***ing head gets blown off to pieces walking in Philly you autistic ugly piece of s**t,' read a post to an Instagram Story which tagged Saucedo from an account with the handle @gilbertsgoonsquad.

The poster added, 'Your c**t wife/gf dying would be awesome as well.'

At the time of publishing, the account no longer exists.

The 32-year-old Saucedo posted the message on X, publicly shaming the fan for their horrific actions.

'I understand wanting me gone after today and this year as a whole,' said Saucedo - who currently has an 11.05 ERA through the season. 'Trust me i want to win just as much as all of you whether im here or not.

'But messaging me this bulls**t and my girlfriend and sending this stuff to not only me but my partner. Tell me I suck all you want that's fine but at some point we gotta get a grip.' 

His partner, Kelsie Scott, re-posted his message and called the note 'absolutely disgusting'. 

“Friendly reminder that athletes are human beings and have real mental health,' Scott wrote. 

'Absolutely disgusting what so many of you feel comfortable saying when you’ve never lived under the daily pressure they do. 

'This is never Ok under any circumstance and I hope these words never find someone who can’t handle them. I love you @saucey07.'

Scott added that they both received other messages which were 'far more graphic' than the one Saucedo posted and that they 'each' had ties back to betting.  

“A lot of people have mentioned that those people are most likely gamblers and you are 100% correct,” she wrote. “Each vile message contain reasoning of losing money based on the game. 

'All I can say is – maybe stop gambling money you don’t have to lose. Taylor is not a character on your TV, he is a human being and he is by far the most accountable one I know.

“He wears every mistake and every loss and is never satisfied even on his best days. The last things he needs is to come back to hundreds of threats and evil messages. Nor do his teammates or opponents as this is sadly just a part of the territory.”

After Saucedo received recommendations to turn off his notifications - including from former Mariners star Mike Camron - the pitcher says he likes the opportunities that social media brings. 

“I see a lot of people saying turn off notifications but I’d like to say this, I keep them partially open because I like interacting with fans. Today was an example of going too far,' Saucedo wrote. 

'No matter the reason we cannot send this stuff especially to people not involved. I share the same exact love you all do for the Mariners. Ever since I was kid it’s the only team I’ve ever loved.

“I totally understand that there is more good people on the internet then there is bad and if I’m ready to receive the praise then I better welcome the criticism as well. So I won’t run from the critics that’s part of it and if I don’t like it then well I just have to play better. 

'I didn’t get to where I am today because I only reveled in praise but because I got real comfortable with failure. I won’t let a few bad apples ruin that for me and everyone else I’ve gotten to know since my time here. 

'I’ve already played 9 innings with my mental health and won that, so there’s nothing people can tell me that I’ve already told myself. With anything we keep it moving forward! Thank you all for the love as always. Go Mariners always!'

Saucedo, who has pitched in MLB for five years, entered Wednesday's game with Seattle trailing 3-1.

He then gave up four hits and walked one batter and recording only a single out.

Doing this gave Philadelphia a sweep of the Mariners - who have now lost five straight and seven of their last eight.