Tyler Skaggs' reputation will ALWAYS be as a hero who dominated on the diamond ... so says ex-MLB stud Dallas Braden, who tells TMZ Sports Skaggs' autopsy results don't change anything.
"People are going to pass their judgments," Braden says ... "They're going to say what they're going to say -- we remember Tyler for what he's done on the field."
A medical examiner in Texas last week found Skaggs died tragically died after choking on his own vomit due to a lethal mix of pain killers and alcohol in his system.