Jurors in the wrongful death civil trial of former Los Angeles Angels pitcher Tyler Skaggs began hearing opening statements Tuesday, marking the start of a high-stakes battle over whether the team bears responsibility for his fatal overdose during a 2019 road trip to Texas, per ESPN.

Attorneys representing Skaggs’ widow and parents accused the Angels of ignoring years of red flags surrounding their former communications director, Eric Kay, who was convicted in 2022 for providing Skaggs with a fentanyl-laced pill. “They buried their heads in the sand over and over and over again, and as a result, Tyler Skaggs is dead,” said attorney Shawn Holley, who argued that the franchise allowed Kay’s addiction to spiral unchecked while he supplied drugs to players. Expand Tweet

Holley told juro

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