Major League Baseball could hit the Los Angeles Angels with significant sanctions if it is determined that team employees were told of Tyler Skaggs' opioid use prior to his July 1 death and didn't inform the commissioner's office.

Eric Kay, currently on paid leave as the club's communications director, told the DEA last month that two team employees, including his former supervisor, Tim Mead, were informed of Skaggs' drug use but did not take action.

Under MLB policy, any team employee who isn't a player is obligated to inform the commissioner's office of "any evidence or reason to believe that a Player ... has used, possessed or distributed any substance prohibited" by MLB.