Orioles’ Matt Harvey suspended 60 games by MLB for drug distribution

• Former New York Mets star banned for distributing opioids
• Harvey, 33, also admitted to using cocaine in federal trial

Baltimore Orioles pitcher Matt Harvey was suspended for 60 games by Major League Baseball on Tuesday for distributing a prohibited drug of abuse, a punishment stemming from his admission of providing opioids to a teammate who fatally overdosed.

The former New York Mets star also admitted in February during a federal trial in Texas stemming from Los Angeles Angels pitcher Tyler Skaggs' death that he used cocaine while in New York and California.