A tragic episode in MLB history continued to make headlines on Thursday, when former Los Angeles Angels employee Eric Kay was found guilty in the overdose death of pitcher Tyler Skaggs.
The 12-person jury concluded that Kay was guilty of distributing the fentanyl and oxycodone that resulted in Skaggs choking on his own vomit in a Dallas-area hotel room just prior to a game between the Angels and the Texas Rangers in July 2019.
Kay, 47, faces a minimum 20-year sentence and a $1 million fine. He was set to be sentenced in June.
The verdict was met with an array of responses on social media, where users weighed in with tributes to Skaggs and offered their thoughts on drug use in baseball, the opioid epidemic, addiction, and the fentanyl crisis.
Here's what some users were saying on Thursday afternoon:
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