Orioles pitcher Matt Harvey has been been suspended 60 games by Major League Baseball for violating the league’s joint drug program, MLB announced Tuesday. The suspension’s start date is retroactive to April 29.
The punishment comes after Harvey testified during the trial of former Angels communications director Eric Kay regarding the drug overdose death of Tyler Skaggs in February. During testimony, Harvey discussed his and Skaggs’s drug use, and admitted that he supplied Skaggs with opioids while the two were teammates.
Kay was later found guilty on two counts of drug distribution resulting in death and drug conspiracy.