Back in 2019, the baseball world was shocked and saddened by the news of Angels’ pitcher Tyler Skaggs passing away on the road in his hotel room in Texas. It was later revealed that the 27-year-old had died from asphyxiation after choking on his own vomit which was caused by a deadly mix of drugs and alcohol. The drugs in question were a mix of oxycodone and fentanyl that, according to reports, was provided by former Angels communications director Eric Kay.
Kay was terminated and a full investigation revealed that the former staffer had possibly been providing drugs to multiple people since as early as 2017.