A lawyer for the family of late pitcher Tyler Skaggs argued Monday that the Los Angeles Angels' failure to investigate reports of drug use and dealing by the team's communications director led to the overdose death of the 27-year-old player.

The other players testified that it was Skaggs who introduced them to opioids and informed them that Kay could procure the pills. Theodora argued that while Kay was “complicit,” it was Skaggs who was “more of a danger to his fellow players.”

It's not just Tyler Skaggs' family and the Angels who have a lot riding on the outcome of the jury's decision. Insurers also are watching the proceedings closely.

Defense questions Skaggs' widow and mother, aiming to show that pitcher wasn’t using opiates solely to deal with pain.

The annual MLB Winter Meetings are almost here and things should start to heat up for the Angels and other teams across baseball, as it’s been a bit of a slow start to the offseason so far. Los Angeles,

Angels president John Carpino closed out the final day of testimony Friday in the Tyler Skaggs wrongful-death civil trial by asserting that the late pitcher was not a victim but a "drug addict and a drug dealer.

Carpino acknowledged that the team declined to pay out the remainder of Skaggs’ 2019 contract after his death.

There are few things in baseball that are more nerve-wracking and exciting than a Major League debut. Sometimes an incredible performance in a player’s first career game can be a sign of things to come but other times it’s a high point in an otherwise undistinguished career.

In a 2013 text to another player, Skaggs wrote “I ran out of pain pills you know anyone with them,” adding “Plus I’m pitching today (expletive) me.”

Hundreds of glittery paper plate angels have been put above the pews at a church. Reverend Sarah McClelland, at St Brelade's Church, in Jersey, said there were thought to be between 700 to 800 angels created by the community. They are due to remain on display in the church until the 6 January.

The Angels are bringing back a 33-year-old former Gold Glove Award and veteran of eight major league seasons. Infielder Yolmer Sanchez, who played 120 games at