The death of LA Angels pitcher Tyler Skaggs days before his 28th birthday has been a tragic story that hit the Angels organization like a lead balloon. Up until now there was only speculation as to the cause of Skaggs’ death, but according to a LA Times story released at 1 p.m. Pacific Time on their latimes.com website, which was co-written by Angel beat writer Maria Torres and Mike DiGiovanna which said Skaggs died due to “Alcohol, fentanyl, and oxycodone intoxication which caused terminal aspiration of gastric contents.” Simply put Skaggs mixed several narcotics with alcohol to an extent that caused him to vomit and he choked to death on that vomit.
Tragic news released about LA Angels pitcher Tyler Skaggs cause of death
