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Ex-Angels employee gets 22 years in Skaggs overdose death

FILE - Former Los Angeles Angels employee Eric Kay walks out of federal court on Feb. 15, 2022, in Fort Worth, Texas, where he is on trial for federal drug distribution and conspiracy charges. Kay was sentenced to 22 years in federal prison on Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2022, for providing Angels pitcher Tyler Skaggs the drugs that led to his overdose death in Texas. (AP Photo/LM Otero, File)

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — A former Los Angeles Angels employee was sentenced to 22 years in federal prison Tuesday for providing Angels pitcher Tyler Skaggs the drugs that led to his overdose death in Texas.