Back in 2019, the Milwaukee Brewers, along with the rest of Major League Baseball, mourned the loss of Los Angeles Angels starting pitcher Tyler Skaggs, who died of a drug overdose at the age of 27. After his death, the Skaggs family filed a wrongful death civil lawsuit against the Angeles, seeking damages up to $210 million.
Also after his death, Eric Kay, Los Angeles’ former communications director, was sentenced to 22 years in prison for his role in supplying Skaggs with drugs.
And according to leaked documents from the civil suit, Kay was not the only one around baseball who had given Skaggs drugs in the past. Unfortunately, one of those other enablers was a former Brewers pitcher.
Former Milwaukee Brewers Pitcher Wade Miley Gave Drugs to Tyler Skaggs in 2013
Per a report by Sam Blum of The Athletic, some of the court documents, including one that was not supposed to be released to the public, state that former Brewers pitcher Wade Miley supplied Skaggs with drugs when the two were teammates with the Arizona Diamondbacks in 2013:
“On May 30, the Angels filed a motion for summary judgment, arguing that the Skaggs’s claims should be dismissed. It contained a deposition from the former agent for Skaggs, in which he testified Skaggs had told him he sometimes received prescription drugs from pitcher Wade Miley. Skaggs and Miley were teammates on the Arizona Diamondbacks at the time, and Miley now pitches for the Cincinnati Reds.
“In his deposition, Ryan Hamill, who is the co-lead of baseball for the Creative Artists Agency, said he became concerned with his client’s drug use in 2013. Hamill testified that he approached Skaggs’ family with concerns, and confronted Skaggs directly about his behavior.
“’He came clean,” Hamill testified. “He said he had been using — I believe it was Percocets —and he said he got them through Wade Miley.’
“Miley’s name also came up in the criminal proceedings brought against Kay. In a recorded prison phone call federal prosecutors filed as an exhibit for Kay’s sentencing hearing, Kay told his mother that Miley had been a drug source for Skaggs.
“Miley, through his agent, declined to comment. He has not been charged with a crime or formally accused of any wrongdoing. Hamill also declined to comment.”
Miley, who now pitches for the Cincinnati Reds, played for Milwaukee in 2018 and again from 2023-24. He previously pitched with Skaggs on the Diamondbacks from 2012-13.
In parts of three seasons with the Brewers, Miley was 14-7 with a 3.03 ERA in 41 starts. Prior to the 2025 season, he made it known that he wanted to return to Milwaukee. And while the organization felt the same way, they could not agree on a contract.
Miley is 1-0 with a 9.00 ERA in two games (one start) with the Cincinnati Reds this year.
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