Tyler Skaggs, a starting pitcher for the Los Angeles Angels, was found unresponsive in his hotel room in Texas Monday afternoon, where his team was scheduled to play the Texas Rangers. The cause of death is unknown, but an autopsy is scheduled for this afternoon. The game between the Angels and Rangers was postponed yesterday. Skaggs was scheduled to pitch against the Rangers on July 4 and would have turned 29 on July 13.
This was mentioned in the MLB thread already but it’s worth its own thread. It’s a shame when a young person with promise passes, I’m curious to see autopsy results.
Everyone is saying that no foul play or suspicious circumstances are suspected. Not sure if that rules out overdose or not, but people are signaling that it’s probably one of those fluke things where a otherwise healthy person up and dies from a undiagnosed heart/brain thing.
Skaggs’ death reminds me of Darryl Kile’s death. Kile was about five years older and was a veteran player, but he was still only 33. Kile died from coronary disease. It’s shocking when an active player dies suddenly.
Pitchers are prone to blood clots.
FWIW, the local news are reporting that it’s not foul play or suicide. So that narrows down the cause a bit.
So not a blood clot.
He didnt die of drugs nor alcohol; he choked to death on his own vomit like a 60’s rockstar.
Are they 100% certain whos vomit he choked on?
A bulimic was seen fleeing the scene.
True: Scotland Yard STILL doesn’t have the facilities…you can’t dust for vomit.
Or get DNA from stomach contents.
On a serious note, what a horrible way to die.
I remember noting that his teammate’s reactions (at least the ones that ESPN and what-not shared) were a little muted, and distinctly lacking in the 'What an unexpected shock! Makes you think it could happen to any one of us" area. That, combined with the deliberately vague way the cause of death was reported, made me suspect the story was something like this.
Wiki on Skagg’s death[