SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — Los Angeles Angels outfielder Mike Trout testified Tuesday that he loved his teammate Tyler Skaggs like a brother and never saw signs of drug use before he died of an overdose on a team trip to Texas in 2019.

Los Angeles Angels outfielder Mike Trout (27) listens to the national anthem before a baseball game against the Royals Thursday, Sept. 25, 2025, in Anaheim, Calif. (AP Photo/Wally Skalij)

Trout, a three-time American League Most Valuable Player who hit his 400th career home run this year, took the stand in a civil trial in Southern California over whether the MLB team should be held responsible for its communication director Eric Kay giving Skaggs a fentanyl-laced pill that led to his death.

Trout, who acknowledged he didn’t like speaking in public, told

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