Angels reliever Ty Buttrey announced Saturday that he is leaving baseball, explaining in an almost 600-word statement posted to Instagram that he had lost his love for the sport and was ready to go a different direction in life.
It came a day after Angels manager Joe Maddon announced that Buttrey, a 24-year-old right-handed reliever, would be placed on the restricted list because he hadn’t reported to the team’s alternate training site. A mainstay in the Angels bullpen since his MLB debut in 2018, Buttrey failed to make the opening day roster coming out of spring training this year.