Ty Douglas Buttrey (born March 31, 1993) is an American former professional baseball pitcher.
The Boston Red Sox selected Buttrey in the fourth round of the 2012 MLB draft out of Providence High School in Charlotte, North Carolina.
[1] Buttrey was assigned to Double-A Portland Sea Dogs in 2016, where he struggled with his command and averaged 5.3 walks to 5.8 strikeouts per nine innings, ending with a 1–9 record and 4.50 ERA in 32 appearances (nine starts).
[1] On November 20, 2017, the Red Sox added Buttrey to their 40-man roster to protect him from the Rule 5 draft.
In 2020, Buttrey served as closer towards the tail end of the season, recording five saves and overall registering a career-worst 5.81 ERA in 27 games.
[11] On January 9, 2022, Buttrey, who remained on the Angels' restricted list, announced on Twitter his intention to return to baseball.
[12] On April 2, Buttrey was activated off of the restricted list and optioned to the Triple-A Salt Lake Bees.
[17] He made three scoreless appearances for the rookie–level Florida Complex League Astros, but spent the majority of his time with the Triple–A Sugar Land Space Cowboys.