TBO Rays · Jul 2, 2019
What they’re saying about Tyler Skaggs
Players and fans held a moment of silence for Angles pitcher Tyler Skaggs on Monday before the Rays-Orioles game on Monday. Skaggs, 27, passed away on Monday in Southlake, Texas. DIRK SHADD | TimesST. PETERSBURG — Giancarlo Stanton knows all too well what the Los Angeles Angels are enduring in the wake of Tyler Skaggs’ unexpected death.
Stanton, now with the New York Yankees, went through a similar period of grief when his then-Miami Marlins teammate and former Alonso High School graduate Jose Fernandez died in a 2016 boating accident.
He felt called to speak up about the experience Monday afternoon in an Instagram post from his personal account.