Ex-L.A. Angels employee Eric Kay has been charged with distributing fentanyl in connection with pitcher Tyler Skaggs' death ... and prosecutors say they have text messages to prove it.
According to court docs obtained by the L.A. Times this week, federal authorities hit Kay with the charge Friday.
In the docs, prosecutors claim to have a text conversation between Kay and Skaggs from the night of the pitcher's overdose.
In the exchange, Kay asks "Hoe [sic] many?" ... to which Skaggs responded, "Just a few like 5."
It appears prosecutors believe this is the smoking gun that shows Kay is the one who supplied Skaggs with the lethal dose of drugs.