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Tyler Skaggs, long toss in 2018

Tyler Skaggs (July 13, 1991 – July 1, 2019) was an American left-handed professional baseball starting pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Arizona Diamondbacks and Los Angeles Angels from 2012 until his death in 2019. Born in Woodland Hills, California, Skaggs was a supplemental first round selection for the Angels in the 2009 Major League Baseball draft. He was traded to the Diamondbacks the following year, and made his major league debut in 2012. In December 2013, the Diamondbacks traded Skaggs back to the Angels, and he served as the fifth member of the team's starting pitching rotation until an ulnar collateral ligament (UCL) injury and subsequent Tommy John surgery derailed his career. He missed large parts of each season because of injury. Through June 2019, he posted a career earned run average (ERA) of 4.41, recorded 476 strikeouts, and had a win–loss record of 28–38. On July 1, 2019, Skaggs was found unresponsive in his hotel room in Southlake, Texas, after a visiting game, and was pronounced dead the same day. An autopsy concluded that he had accidentally died of asphyxia after aspirating on his own vomit while under the influence of fentanyl, oxycodone, and alcohol. The Angels wore a No. 45 patch on their jerseys for the rest of the 2019 season in memory of Skaggs. (Full article...)