Greg Halman, an outfielder for the Seattle Mariners baseball team, was stabbed to death in his native Holland. His brother is the chief suspect.

AP (“Seattle Mariners outfielder Greg Halman slain“):

Dutch police say Seattle Mariners outfielder Greg Halman(notes) has been stabbed to death and his brother has been arrested as a suspect.

Rotterdam Police spokeswoman Patricia Wessels says police were called to a home in the Dutch port city early Monday morning and found Halman bleeding from a stab wound.

The officers attempted unsuccessfully to resuscitate the 24-year-old.

Wessels says the officers arrested Halman’s 22-year-old brother. She declined to give his name, in line with Dutch privacy rules.

She said the brother was being questioned by police.

Just horrible.

Halman had been playing baseball professionally since he was sixteen and played for the Dutch national team in the 2009 World Baseball Classic. His father, Eddy Halman, and brother, Jason Halman, also played for the Dutch team. I haven’t been able to determine if he has other brothers, so don’t know whether Jason is the accused killer. His sister, Naomi Halman, is a professional basketball player in Europe, having previously played for UC Irvine.