The death of Los Angeles Angels pitcher Tyler Skaggs shocked the baseball world on Monday afternoon — and hit those within the Angels organization the hardest.

Angels owner Arte Moreno was not immune.

“It’s like a punch in the heart,” Moreno said, via USA Today. “These kids are like family.”

Skaggs was found unresponsive in his hotel room in the Dallas area on Monday afternoon ahead of the Angels’ series against the Rangers — which was scheduled to begin that night. He was pronounced dead on the scene. While police don’t suspect foul play and have said they don’t believe it was a suicide, the autopsy on Skaggs won’t be completed until October.

The 27-year-old played in the Angels organization for five years.

General manager Billy Eppler and manager Brad Ausmus joined Moreno at Globe Life Park on Tuesday to speak about Skaggs’ death for the first time — doing so seated in front of a pair of hanging Skaggs jerseys. Angels players packed the room during the emotional media conference, too.

“He was an exceptional young man with an entire life so full of promise yet to live,” Eppler said, via the Dallas Morning News. “For some reason that is incomprehensible to all of us, he lives on now only in our minds and in our hearts.

“Tyler brought joy to everybody around him. He was magnetic. People were drawn to him. He was generous and kind, and our team will never be the same without him. But forever, we’ve been made better by him.”

The Angels’ game against the Rangers on Monday was naturally postponed. Tuesday’s game, however, went on as scheduled. The Angels left Skaggs’ spot on the roster open, and held his jersey up on the field during the national anthem and an emotional moment of silence at Globe Life Park. Neither team used walk-up music, either, instead choosing to honor Skaggs’ memory with multiple moments of silence throughout the night.

Playing as scheduled on Tuesday night, Eppler said, is what Skaggs would have wanted.

“A lot of problems go away from the time the first pitch is thrown until the last pitch is thrown,” Eppler said, via USA Today. “These guys will be there fighting for each other with Tyler weighing heavily on their hearts tonight.”

Ausmus felt the same way. Sitting around and doing nothing, he said, would be much worse.

“The game itself is going to be a refuge for players where they can turn their minds off and just focus on baseball,” Ausmus said, via USA Today. “I don’t know that just sitting in a hotel room would do them any good.”

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