Autopsy: Halladay had drugs in his system
NEW PORT RICHEY, Fla. — An autopsy report says retired star pitcher Roy Halladay had evidence of amphetamine, morphine and an insomnia drug in his system when he died in a small-plane crash in Florida last year.
The Tampa Bay Times reported that an autopsy released Friday showed the former Toronto Blue Jays and Philadelphia Phillies All-Star died from blunt-force trauma with drowning as a contributing factor when he crashed his personal plane into the Gulf of Mexico near New Port Richey on Nov. 7.
The National Transportation Safety Board has not identified a cause for the crash. The body of the two-time Cy Young Award winner was found in the wreckage. In other baseball news: • St. Louis traded outfielder Randal Grichuk to Toronto for righthanded reliever Dominic Leone and minor league pitcher Conner Greene. Grichuk, 26, hit .238 last season with 22 home runs and 59 RBIs in 122 games. Leone, 26, was 3-0 with a 2.56 ERA in 65 games last year for the Blue Jays, striking out 81 in 701⁄3 innings.
• Tim Tebow will be at spring training with the New York Mets. The 30-year-old outfielder was among nine spring training invitees announced by the team. The former Heisman Trophy winner and NFL quarterback is preparing for his second professional baseball season. He hit .226 with eight homers, 52 RBIs and 126 strikeouts in 126 games last year at Class A with Columbia in the South Atlantic League and Port St. Lucie in the Florida State League.