Good morning, Mets fans! The family of former Angels pitcher Tyler Skaggs is filing a civil lawsuit against the team, alleging that the team was partially responsible for his death. This comes months after the team’s former communications director Eric Kay was sentenced to 22 years in prison for supplying Skaggs with the opioids that killed him in July of 2019. According to the Wall Street...
Good morning, Mets fans. Former Angels communications director Eric Kay was sentenced to 22 years in prison in the overdose death of Tyler Skaggs. Kay faced a minimum of 20 years behind bars, but Judge Terry Means said he upped the sentence because of remarks Kay had made in prison where Means said he hadn’t accepted responsibility or expressed remorse. Latest Mets News MLB Trade Rumors...
Matt Harvey took the stand on Tuesday, testifying in the trial about the death of former MLB pitcher Tyler Skaggs. Last week, Harvey was named as a possible drug source in the case U.S. v. Eric Kay. Kay is the former Los Angeles Angels communications director, who is facing two felony counts of distributing a controlled substance and distribution of a controlled substance resulting in...
Former Mets pitcher Matt Harvey has been named by the defense as a possible drug source in the case U.S. v. Eric Kay. Opening statements took place at the U.S. District Court in Fort Worth, TX on Tuesday as the federal trial into the 2019 death of former Los Angeles Angels pitcher Tyler Skaggs begins. Eric Kay, the team’s former communications director, is facing two felony counts of...
By Tim Ryder The murkiness surrounding the death of Los Angeles Angels pitcher, Tyler Skaggs, who died after choking on his own vomit while under the influence of opiates and alcohol on July 1 in Texas, has come alarmingly into focus in recent days. T.J. Quinn’s report for ESPN’s Outside The Lines sheds a disturbing light on the situation. Reading the entire piece is highly...
