Cincinnati Reds pitcher Wade Miley was mentioned in documents surrounding the wrongful death lawsuit filed by the family of former big-league pitcher Tyler Skaggs, according to The Athletic. Skaggs died in 2019 after a drug overdose.
Sam Blum of The Athletic reported that a May 30 document filed by the Los Angeles Angels — a motion asking to dismiss the Skaggs family’s wrongful-death claims against the organization — contained a deposition from Skaggs’s former agent, in which he testified Skaggs had told him he sometimes received prescription drugs from Miley.
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Miley and Skaggs were teammates on the Arizona Diamondbacks in 2012 and 2013, when both were in their first big-league seasons.
Miley declined comment on The Athletic’s story and hasn’t been formally accused of any wrongdoing.
Jun 9, 2025; Cleveland, Ohio, USA; Cincinnati Reds starting pitcher Wade Miley (22) throws a pitch during the first inning against the Cleveland Guardians at Progressive Field. Mandatory Credit: Ken Blaze-Imagn Images
Former Angels communications director Eric Kay is serving a 22-year prison sentence for facilitating access to the drugs Skaggs was using, guilty of distribution of a controlled substance resulting in death and conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute controlled substances.
The Skaggs family filed a wrongful death civil lawsuit against the Angels in 2021, seeking $210 million in damages.
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Miley’s name, according to The Athletic, also surfaced in the Kay criminal proceedings; Kay indicated that Miley had been a drug source during a recorded prison phone call with his mother.
Arizona traded Skaggs to the Angels before the 2014 season and he remained there until his death at age 27 in 2019.
Miley was traded after the 2014 season and played with three more teams before arriving in Milwaukee in 2018, when he was part of the Brewers’ run to the National League Championship Series. He then pitched for American League champion Houston in 2019, the Reds in 2020 and 2021 and the Chicago Cubs in 2022.
In 2021 Miley threw a no-hitter with the Reds against Cleveland and posted a 3.37 ERA in 28 starts.
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He was back in Milwaukee 2023 after stops in three other cities, posting a 3.14 ERA at age 36 in 120 innings. After struggling in two 2024 outings, he underwent Tommy John surgery.
He expressed interest in returning to the Brewers in 2025 but signed with the Reds instead. Milwaukee faced Miley last week in Cincinnati, his first appearance since the surgery. The Brewers scored four runs in two innings against him, but Miley made a start June 9 and picked up the win in a 7-4 victory over Cleveland.
This article originally appeared on Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Reds pitcher Wade Miley mentioned as potential drug provider in lawsuit