Tyler Skaggs warms up on the mound for the Angels before a game against the Red Sox on July 31, 2016. “We want to honor the way Ty lived,” his mother, Debbie Hetman, says.

While wearing a Skaggs jersey, Mike Trout, left, spoke to Eric Kay before a game shortly after Skaggs’s death. Kay faces up to 20 years in federal prison if convicted on the current charges.

Skaggs, 27, was found dead in his Southlake hotel room on July 1, 2019, before the start of what was supposed to be a four-game series against the Texas Rangers.

Kay has pleaded not guilty. Mike Trout, wearing a jersey to honor Tyler Skaggs, speaks to Eric Kay in the dugout before a game against the Seattle Mariners at Angel Stadium in July 2019.

Tyler Skaggs, a Los Angeles Angels pitcher whose body was found in his hotel room, died after a mix of fentanyl, oxycodone and alcohol in his system led him to choke on his own vomit, according to ...

Carli Skaggs, the widow of Tyler Skaggs, walks out of a federal court building after testifying in Fort Worth, Texas, Tuesday, Feb. 15, 2022. LM Otero / AP ...

Carli Skaggs, left, wife of Angels pitcher Tyler Skaggs and his mother Debbie Skaggs are shown with his baseball glove and his urn, right, in Los Angeles on Sunday, June 28, 2020. Skaggs was found ...

Tyler Skaggs' family has filed wrongful death lawsuits against the Angels and two PR executives. The lawsuit comes almost two years to the day after Skaggs died.

Tyler Skaggs’ death still is a tragedy regardless of the drug-induced cause, and it will be even bigger if we don’t learn the reason behind it.

Tyler Skaggs #45 of the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim delivers a pitch in the first inning during a MLB game against the Toronto Blue Jays at Rogers Centre on June 18, 2019, in Toronto.

Los Angeles Angels starter Tyler Skaggs throws during the first inning of a game against the Texas Rangers in Anaheim, Calif., on May 25, 2019.

Tyler Skaggs was on his way to even more before Monday, when he was found dead in his Southlake, Texas hotel room. His last three starts were flashes of the brilliance that he and others saw in him.