The New York Yankees’ Giancarlo Stanton gave the Los Angeles Angels some heartfelt advice following the sudden loss of their pitcherTyler Skaggs,who was found dead on Monday in his hotel room in Texas.
In a post on Instagram, the Yankees’ outfielder, 29, reached out to the Angels, sharing a black and white photo of Skaggs, 27, and expressed his condolences to the team and the late athlete’s family.
“RIP Bro, My heart goes out to your family🙏🏽 ,” he started his emotional post, before addressing the Angels. “My message to the@angelswhile having no time for yourself to grieve is to hug each other, laugh, cry, lift the ones taking it extra hard up.”
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“You’re going to wonder why all of this is happening, is it real, why are u suiting up to play a game that seems irrelevant,” he continued his message. “Some Anger will ensue while u have to grieve in a fish bowl.. A lot will go through your mind. So stay together through that.”
Tyler Skaggs.Jayne Kamin-Oncea/Getty Images
“Stay strong fellas I’m thinking about you!” he concluded his post.
Stanton is no stranger to losing a fellow teammate. When he played for the Miami Marlins, he grieved the sudden loss of teammateJosé Fernandez,who died at the age of 24 in a boating accident in 2016.
Los Angeles Angels center fielder Mike Trout also shared a touching tribute to his teammate Skaggs on Monday.
“Words cannot express the deep sadness we feel right now,” Trout said in an emotional statement onTwitter.
“Our thoughts and prayers are with Carli and their families,” he said in reference to Skaggs’ wife, who hemarried in 2018. “Remembering him as a great teammate, friend, and person who will forever remain in our hearts. We love you, 45.”
A cause of death has yet to be revealed, though police said Monday that theydid not suspect foul playand that the investigation into Skaggs’ death is ongoing.
source: people.com
