{"id":21725,"date":"2019-07-01T18:14:54","date_gmt":"2019-07-01T22:14:54","guid":{"rendered":"lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/\/?p=21725"},"modified":"2019-07-01T18:14:54","modified_gmt":"2019-07-01T22:14:54","slug":"angels-pitcher-tyler-skaggs-dead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2019\/07\/01\/angels-pitcher-tyler-skaggs-dead\/","title":{"rendered":"Los Angeles Angels Pitcher Tyler Skaggs Has Died"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/\/mlb-teams\/los-angeles-angels\/\" target=\"_self\">Los Angeles Angels<\/a> pitcher <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/s\/skaggty01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tyler Skaggs<\/a><\/strong> died Monday afternoon in Southlake, Texas. The details of his death are not known at press time. Monday night&#8217;s game between the Angels and the <a href=\"lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/\/mlb-teams\/texas-rangers\/\" target=\"_self\">Texas Rangers<\/a> has been canceled. Skaggs, 27, last pitched this past Saturday night in Anaheim against the <a href=\"lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/\/mlb-teams\/oakland-athletics\/\" target=\"_self\">Oakland Athletics<\/a>. Skaggs would have turned 28 on July 13th.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Angels statement on the passing of Tyler Skaggs. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/6XA2Vu1uWV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/6XA2Vu1uWV<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Los Angeles Angels (@Angels) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Angels\/status\/1145798021780840448?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">July 1, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Tyler Skaggs Career<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Skaggs went to Santa Monica High School in Santa Monica, California. He was drafted by the Angels with the 40th overall pick in the 2009 Major League Draft. However, he made his debut with the <a href=\"lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/\/mlb-teams\/arizona-diamondbacks\/\" target=\"_self\">Arizona Diamondbacks<\/a> after getting dealt along with <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/c\/corbipa01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Patrick Corbin<\/a><\/strong> for <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/h\/harenda01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dan Haren<\/a><\/strong>. After the 2013 season, he was traded back to the Angels as part of a three-team with the <a href=\"lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/\/mlb-teams\/chicago-white-sox\/\" target=\"_self\">Chicago White Sox<\/a>. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/t\/trumbma01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mark Trumbo<\/a><\/strong> and <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/search\/search.fcgi?pid=eatonad02,eatonad01&amp;search=Adam+Eaton&amp;utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Adam Eaton<\/a><\/strong> were other notable players in that trade.<\/p>\n<p>Skaggs has a career record of 28-38 with an ERA of 4.41. The 2018 season was Skaggs&#8217; best as a pro. His record was 7-7 with a 4.02 ERA. This season, Skaggs was 7-7 with a 4.29 ERA.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Cause of Death<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Skaggs, who is survived by his wife Carli, was found dead at 2:18 PM Central Time when the South Lake Police responded to a call of an unconscious male at the Hilton Hotel. Skaggs was pronounced dead at the scene. Foul play is not suspected at this time. The Southlake Police said the investigation is ongoing and will release any information as soon as it becomes available.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Southlake Police Department Press Release 7\/1\/19 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/vgZTUBIc40\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/vgZTUBIc40<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Southlake DPS (@SouthlakeDPS) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SouthlakeDPS\/status\/1145803124155834369?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">July 1, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>This is the second time since 2009 that the Angels have had to deal with the death of a young player. In April of that year, 22-year-old <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/a\/adenhni01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Nick Adenhart<\/a><\/strong> was killed by a drunk driver after starting one game that season.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>League Reaction<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The rest of the league has already started to react to this tragedy.<\/p>\n<p>MLB commissioner Rob Manfred <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlb.com\/news\/tyler-skaggs-passes-away\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">expressed his condolences<\/a>. \u201cI am deeply saddened by today\u2019s tragedy in Texas. All of us at Major League Baseball extend our deepest condolences to Tyler\u2019s wife Carli, their family, their friends and all of his Angels\u2019 teammates and colleagues.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We are deeply saddened by the tragic news that Tyler Skaggs, 27, passed away this morning. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/q150hyH01J\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/q150hyH01J<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/y1X5ctlWDl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/y1X5ctlWDl<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; MLB (@MLB) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MLB\/status\/1145807908913000450?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">July 1, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Our deepest sympathies are with the family of Tyler Skaggs &amp; the entire <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Angels?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@Angels<\/a> organization. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Xi1qNEmbRa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/Xi1qNEmbRa<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Texas Rangers (@Rangers) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Rangers\/status\/1145799847502581760?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">July 1, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Major League Baseball Players Association Executive Director Tony Clark today issued the following statement regarding the passing of Tyler Skaggs: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/OXDv8nhk6A\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/OXDv8nhk6A<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; MLBPA (@MLBPA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MLBPA\/status\/1145809582058614784?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">July 1, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Los Angeles Angels pitcher Tyler Skaggs died Monday afternoon in Southlake, Texas. The details of his death are not known at press time. Monday night&#8217;s game between the Angels and the Texas Rangers has been canceled. Skaggs, 27, last pitched this past Saturday night in Anaheim against the Oakland Athletics. Skaggs would have turned 28 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":653,"featured_media":21734,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[16,2,1071,35],"tags":[156,2839,2838],"class_list":["post-21725","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-angels","category-featured","category-mlb","category-news","tag-los-angeles-angels","tag-player-deaths","tag-tyler-skaggs"],"modified_by":"Evan Thompson","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21725","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/653"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21725"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21725\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21734"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21725"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21725"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21725"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}