Giancarlo Stanton says the late Jose Fernandez, a former teammate on the Miami Marlins, used to say that the pair would eventually end up on the New York Yankees.

Fernandez died on Sept. 25, 2016 in a boating accident.

The pitcher predicted to Stanton that he would leave the Marlins as a free agent after the 2019 season, perhaps sign with the Yankees and then the slugger would soon follow.