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shenmue

(38,537 posts) Mon Jul 1, 2019, 05:34 PM Jul 2019

Tyler Skaggs, pitcher for the Los Angeles Angels, has died aged 27

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-48834693

Rest in peace.

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Tyler Skaggs, pitcher for the Los Angeles Angels, has died aged 27 (Original Post) shenmue Jul 2019 OP

So sad. He used to pitch for the Arizona Diamondbacks DesertRat Jul 2019 #1

I wonder what the cause was. Rest in peace. shenmue Jul 2019 #2

They don't know yet. luvs2sing Jul 2019 #4

OMG! TruckFump Jul 2019 #3

Coroner: Opioids and alcohol in Skaggs' system and ruled an accidental death Brother Buzz Aug 2019 #5

DesertRat

(27,995 posts)

1. So sad. He used to pitch for the Arizona Diamondbacks

Reply to shenmue (Original post)

Mon Jul 1, 2019, 05:44 PM

Jul 2019

Gone way too soon.

shenmue

(38,537 posts)

2. I wonder what the cause was. Rest in peace.

Reply to DesertRat (Reply #1)

Mon Jul 1, 2019, 05:46 PM

Jul 2019

luvs2sing

(2,234 posts)

4. They don't know yet.

Reply to shenmue (Reply #2)

Mon Jul 1, 2019, 06:00 PM

Jul 2019

He was found unresponsive in his hotel room in Texas. Foul play and suicide are not suspected. So tragic. 😢

TruckFump

(5,812 posts)

3. OMG!

Reply to shenmue (Original post)

Mon Jul 1, 2019, 05:56 PM

Jul 2019

I just watched him pitch.

So sad!

Brother Buzz

(37,721 posts)

5. Coroner: Opioids and alcohol in Skaggs' system and ruled an accidental death

Reply to shenmue (Original post)

Fri Aug 30, 2019, 09:44 PM

Aug 2019

Coroner: Opioids and alcohol in Skaggs' system

30 August, 2019

ANAHEIM, Calif. -- The opioids fentanyl and oxycodone, along with alcohol, were in Tyler Skaggs' system at the time of his death, according to an autopsy report that was released on Friday, nearly two months after the Los Angeles Angels pitcher was found unresponsive.

The Tarrant County medical examiner's office listed Skaggs' cause of death as "mixed ethanol, fentanyl and oxycodone intoxication with terminal aspiration of gastric contents," which essentially means Skaggs choked on his own vomit while under the influence. Skaggs, 27, died in his Southlake, Texas, hotel room on July 1. The autopsy revealed that his death was accidental.

As part of a two-paragraph statement released through legal counsel, Skaggs' family revealed that an unnamed Angels employee was tied to an ongoing investigation by the Southlake Police Department. A spokesman for Major League Baseball said the league was unaware of the allegation and will launch its own investigation.

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