RIP Tyler Skaggs

[Canes]

Reminds me of when Tommy Hanson died, except he was 2 years retired.

Nick Adenhart, Tommy Hanson and now Tyler Skaggs. Tough luck for Angels pitchers, though Hanson was out of baseball when he passed like you said.

 

[Clare2904]

R.I.P. That's just horrible.

It's the least of anyone's worries, but I also feel bad for the guy that will get called up to fill in Skaggs' spot.

I feel for whoever found him, I presume teams have roomates??

 

[Quid Pro Clowe]

Safe to say I'm going to assume what led to his death wasn't natural causes

RIP

Either heart issues or drug induced is my guess given the info available.

Sad regardless.

 

[Club]

Absolutely tragic. RIP

 

[Mightygoose]

Awful news. Way too young

 

[Kane One]

I feel for whoever found him, I presume teams have roomates??

I don’t believe MLB players have roommates on road trips.

 

[John Price]

That’s exactly where I went to.

Sounds like he was recently married. Just tragic.

RIP

Yup. He was a local Southern California guy and was married over the offseason.

 

[PanthersPens62]

Heartbreaking. RIP.

 

[Terry Yake]

wow, just awful news. and only 27. what is it with MLB and so many young players passing away in recent years?

crazy thing is that skaggs was the first pitcher the angels drafted after nick adenhart passed. and to think its already been 10 years since that

 

[John Price]

 

[kingsholygrail]

I feel for whoever found him, I presume teams have roomates??

Not usually. Likely hotel staff that found him when they went to clean the room.

 

[zombie kopitar]

Not usually. Likely hotel staff that found him when they went to clean the room.

He missed the bus to the stadium, so staff went in to check on him and found him. As far as I understand.
Really tragic news, and he was a good pitcher. RIP

 

[Clare2904]

Statement just released saying suicide is not suspected

 

[Terry Yake]

very similar situation to darryl kile's death

 

[IslesFan2017]

What a terrible tragedy and loss for his family, the Angels organization and baseball. I offer my prayers and condolences to his loved ones and friends during this difficult time.

 

[AtlantaWhaler]

Talented young man. Sad day in MLB.

 

[BigMac1212]

My condolences. RIP.

 

[Blitzkrug]

What a damn shame. Guy had his whole life in front of him and just like that he's passed away.

All we know so far is the police have said suicide is likely not the cause. If he just dropped out of nowhere like that, i'd be willing to bet it was probably an undetected/undiagnosed heart defect. Those are killers and are incredibly hard to pin down. It tends to be the first thing people think of when somebody just flat out drops dead like this.

 

[TootooTrain]

I was just watching him pitch a few games ago. This is both incredibly sad and disturbing with the lack of information out at this moment. Best wishes to his family.

 

[MMC]

As an Angel fan, I'm broken over this. I can't accept this to be real.

 

[darko]

f***ing horrible. Just got married too. RIP

I feel for Bauer. Him and Skaggs were extremely close.

 

[Swervin81]

I mean, what can you say. Just, extremely sad to hear. 27 and just inexplicably dropped dead. I'm 24 and even I find myself contemplating my own existence and getting a little nervous when I hear about something like this. Just makes you appreciate how fragile life is.

Dude had his entire life ahead of him. A marriage that just got started, a family they could've raised. And now he's robbed of the chance to do all that. I feel horrible for his wife too, I can't imagine what she must be going through.

RIP

 

[MMC]

I was just at the game on Saturday where he pitched his last start...

 

[Terry Yake]

I was just at the game on Saturday where he pitched his last start...

i was at adenhart's last game. he pitched a gem before brian fuentes blew the save

the only game i ever wish the A's had lost

 

[The Mighty Duck Man]

Nick Adenhart, Tommy Hanson and now Tyler Skaggs. Tough luck for Angels pitchers, though Hanson was out of baseball when he passed like you said.

Luis Valbuena six months ago and minor leaguer Aaron Cox(Trout's brother-in-law) last year too. This franchise is cursed, man.

Major RIP. Sounded like a tremendous guy with his whole life ahead of him.