Like many Angels fans, the news of Tyler Skaggs’ passing immediately made me think back to the morning of Nick Adnehart’s death. Initial sadness followed by the thought of “not again.” Then I remembered all the references to Lymon Bostock in the days following Adenhart.
And then the thought came, “this can’t be happening again.”
The link between Skaggs and Adenhart is too obvious. Both were young, both pitchers, both drafted by the Angels. Both had more career ahead of them than behind them and both finally seemed to be coming into their own.