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Mariners, Ty Buttrey Agree To Minor League Deal

By Anthony Franco | January 16, 2024 at 6:55pm CDT

Reliever Ty Buttrey agreed to a deal with the Mariners, he announced this afternoon (on X). It’s presumably a minor league contract with a Spring Training invite.

Buttrey, 31 in March, is looking to get back to the majors for the first time since 2020. The former fourth-round draftee pitched in the big leagues each year between 2018-20. Buttrey made 115 appearances for the Angels, allowing fewer than four earned runs per nine innings in each of his first two seasons. He struggled during the shortened season, posting a 5.81 ERA in 26 1/3 frames.

On the eve of the 2021 campaign, Buttrey announced he was stepping away from baseball. He sat out that season but made his return in ’22. The righty spent that year in Triple-A with the Halos, losing his spot on the 40-man roster midseason. He signed a minor league pact with the Astros for 2023.

Buttrey opened the season on the minor league injured list. He missed three months before being reinstated on June 30. He went on to make 14 appearances with Houston’s Triple-A team. Buttrey allowed 11 runs in 13 2/3 innings, largely thanks to the 13 walks he issued. That understandably wasn’t sufficient to get him a big league look, leading the Astros to release him at the beginning of August.

While Buttrey hasn’t found much success in the last couple years, there’s no risk for the Mariners in taking a look at him in camp. During his first couple seasons with the Halos, he looked like an above-average MLB reliever. Between 2018-19, Buttrey struck out 27.4% of opponents with a 3.86 ERA in 88 2/3 innings while sitting in the 96-97 MPH range with his fastball. He’ll likely open next season at Triple-A Tacoma as bullpen depth. Seattle also added righty Joey Krehbiel on a minor league pact this afternoon and has signed similar deals with Cory Abbott, Jhonathan Diaz, Kirby Snead, Brett de Geus and Tyson Miller over the offseason.

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31 Comments

  1. MLB Top 100 Commenter

    1 year ago

    Buttrey for peanuts.

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    • AHH-Rox

      1 year ago

      More appropriate for popcorn.

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      Reply
    • MortDingle

      1 year ago

      Jerry’s Oyster Buttrey Reserve 2023

      Reply
  2. MLB Top 100 Commenter

    1 year ago

    Anthony

    Did you enter free agent contest?

    Reply
  3. pbuchman

    1 year ago

    Good to see he’s attempting a return. I thought this guy was toast after 2020.

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    • Shadow_Banned

      1 year ago

      Buttery toast

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      Reply
  4. HalosHeavenJJ

    1 year ago

    Best of luck to Ty, a seriously great guy.

    I interviewed him several times and we’ve stayed in touch. The first time I interviewed him was right after his trade from Boston. He was still rehabbing and had yet to join the Angels.

    His mom emailed me to say thank you for interviewing her son. It was so sweet.

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    • lee cousins

      1 year ago

      I guess sweet has different meaning these days. Sweet.

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      Reply
    • TrumboRedux

      1 year ago

      HHJJ, that’s pretty cool. Are you still writing about the Halo’s?

      Reply
      • HalosHeavenJJ

        1 year ago

        Yes,. Vox/SB Nation pretty much shut down Halos Heaven so I’m at a site called crashingthepearlygates.com now.

        Hope the mods don’t mind that post. If so, I’ll understand if it is deleted.

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        • TrumboRedux

          1 year ago

          HHJJ, thank you! I remember the name of the site now. I had it saved on my old phone and lost it when I got a new one.

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          Reply
        • Rexhudler86

          1 year ago

          Is this rev halo fan

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          Reply
        • HalosHeavenJJ

          1 year ago

          No. But I know him. He founded the old Halos Heaven.

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          Reply
        • Rexhudler86

          1 year ago

          I’ll check out the website, been lost without halos heaven. Missed his music references in his angels articles also cool to hear about prospects and etc

          2
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    • Dumpster Divin Theo

      1 year ago

      Did your mom email you to tell you to pick your toys?

      Reply
  5. Fred Park

    1 year ago

    Well, here’s anothr one.
    So the Mariners really are in a money-saving mode, I guess.
    They have all these elderly relievers to sort through in hopes of finding one who still has something left that they can put in the bullpen.
    Gonna be interesting, for sure.
    Go Mariners!

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    • acoss13

      1 year ago

      They signed a few veteran pitchers, it’s basically dollar scratch off tickets, one of them is bound to hit!

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      Reply
    • acoss13

      1 year ago

      Fred,

      You’re a Mariners fan, if you guys get to the World Series, it would be awesome to see Jerry Cantrell playing the National Anthem and throw out the first pitch. Just want to see a musician from the Seattle 90s era sing for that event. Anyway that’s my super grunge dream lol

      4
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      • Fred Park

        1 year ago

        I would love that.

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    • ColoradoRider

      1 year ago

      Fred, this move has nothing to do with money-saving and everything to do with using best tools in your tool shed. For enough years for it to be no longer a fluke, the M’s have been able to take pitchers who have not reached their full potential, and taken them to the next level or two. What you have then is a fungible asset that can be flipped for something more useful.

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      Reply
  6. lee cousins

    1 year ago

    They now have enough pitchers to field an entire team. save money and cut the rest of the team.

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    Reply
  7. Suitcase Simpson

    1 year ago

    What else can the Mariners do Buttrey?

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    • TrumboRedux

      1 year ago

      The Mariners just DID Buttrey!

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      Reply
  8. Randall Charles

    1 year ago

    Mariners need to quit screwing around and trade Bryan Woo+ for
    3B Marte
    Or
    3B Mayo

    3
    Reply
    • sillywabbit

      1 year ago

      Reds would want more.

      Reply
    • timmygee

      1 year ago

      And then sign Snell as that #5 starter replacement!

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      Reply
  9. Sryphilz27

    1 year ago

    DIE ARTIE DIE!!!

    Reply
    • Dumpster Divin Theo

      1 year ago

      Shut up Beavis

      1
      Reply
  10. Slothcliff Hokum

    1 year ago

    New lineup:

    Jhonathan Diaz SS
    Corey Abbott LF
    Kirby Snead 3B
    Austin Voth 1B
    Brett de Geus CF
    Jackson Kowar RF
    Tyson Miller DH
    Mauricio Llovera 2B
    Joey Krehbiel C

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    • JCL10

      1 year ago

      I don’t think that lineup would hit very good. lol

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      Reply
  11. ronc52

    1 year ago

    But only two left handed bats in the lineup

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