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Mike Trout took the stand Tuesday in a Santa Ana, California, courtroom to testify in a trial over whether his Los Angeles Angels should be held responsible for the drug overdose death of pitcher Tyler Skaggs.

Skaggs died in 2019 after taking fentanyl-laced oxycodone, mixed with alcohol, supplied by the team’s former communications director, Eric Kay, who is serving 22 years in prison. Skaggs’ family has since filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the Angels, saying the team knew about Kay’s past drug history, posing dangers.

Trout testified that players would pay Kay for bizarre stunts, leaving Trout to raise an eyebrow. At one point, a clubhouse attendant suggested the players should stop, Trout said, because Kay might be using the money fo

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