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Cincinnati Reds Pitcher Wade Miley recently was loss as one of Tyler Skaggs’ alleged drug suppliers before his death from an overdose in 2019.
Skaggs’ former agent, Ryan Hamill, said in a deposit earlier this week that Skaggs told him he had used pain pills containing Oxycodon, which was delivered by Miley.
Sales are part of an unlawful death case filed by Skaggs’ family against his former Los Angeles Angels. Skaggs and Miley were teammates with Arizona Diamondbacks in 2012 and 2013.
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Cincinnati Red’s starting pot Wade Miley (22) delivers against Pittsburgh Pirates during the first place at PNC Park. (Charles Leclaire-usa Today Sports)
Miley briefly dealt with the case on Friday.
“I hate what happened to Tyler. It sucks. My thoughts are with his family and friends,” he began. “But I don’t want to sit here talking about things that someone might have said about me or what didn’t. I was never a witness to any of this. I have never been accused of any wrongdoing.”
Former La Angels Publicist Eric Kay Was convicted in Texas of providing the fentanyl-corded pills that an autopsy found had contributed to Skaggs’ death. He was sentenced to 22 years in federal prison in 2022.
Wade Miley (R) is accused of giving Tyler Skaggs (L) drugs. Skaggs died in 2019 of an overdose. (IMagn)
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Miley, 38, is not facing criminal charges, and this is not the first time his name is coming up compared to Skaggs’ death. In the criminal trial of Kay’s case, prosecutors used a recording of a conversation between Kay and his mother, where Kay said Miley was one of Skaggs’ fabric suppliers.
Formerly New York Mets Ace Matt Harvey admitted during Cair’s trial that he had delivered drugs to Skaggs. The two were teammates with the angels of the year of Skaggs’ death.
Harvey, CJ Cron, Mike Morin and Cam Bedrosian also said in court that they had been delivered medications by Kay.
Harvey and three other players also testified that they received pills from Skaggs and described the recreational drug they witnessed while they were with the angels.
Miley signed a one -year contract with Reds on June 4 and has started two starts this season. He had Tommy John operation on his left elbow in May 2024 and signed a smaller league agreement with Cincinnati in February.
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim stands for a moment of silence before playing Seattle Mariners at Angel Stadium of Anaheim on July 12, 2019 in Anaheim, California. The whole Angels team had #45 on their jerseys to honor Skaggs who died on July 1st. (John McCoy/Getty Images)
Skaggs was 27 years old when he was found in a hotel room in Southlake, Texas, before the angels were to play Texas Rangers.
