Cincinnati Reds starting pitcher Wade Miley addressed the accusation that he supplied former teammate Tyler Skaggs – who died of an overdose in 2019 – with prescription drugs when they were teammates with the Arizona Diamondbacks, claiming he was "never a witness for any of this."
"I hate what happened to Tyler," Miley told reporters on Friday, June 13, a day after The Athletic reported that Miley’s name surfaced in new court filings. "It sucks. My thoughts are with his family and friends.
"But I'm not going to sit here and talk about things that somebody might have said about me or whatnot.
"I was never a witness for any of this. I've never been accused of any wrongdoing."
Miley’s name came up in a deposition with Skaggs' former agent in the wrongful death lawsuit filed by Skaggs' family against the Los Angeles Angels in June 2021, seeking $210 million in damages. Ryan Hamill, co-lead of baseball for Creative Artists Agency, said in the deposition that he was concerned with Skaggs’ drug use in 2013 and informed his family.
