The Angels have selected outfielder Dillon Thomas onto the major league roster, according to a club announcement. They’ve also recalled Jack Mayfield from Triple-A Salt Lake, optioned José Suarez and placed Luis Rengifo on the paternity list. Reliever Ty Buttrey has been designated for assignment to open space for Thomas on the 40-man roster.
Thomas inked a minor league contract with the Halos over the offseason. The 29-year-old has spent the year in Salt Lake and performed quite well, hitting .295/.398/.489 with eight home runs in 211 plate appearances. Thomas has drawn walks in a strong 10.9% of his trips while striking out at a roughly league average level (23.7%). It’s his second consecutive solid year of Triple-A work, as he posted a .269/.377/.448 line with the Mariners top affiliate in 2021.
Seattle gave Thomas a brief look at the MLB level last summer, getting him into four games. The Houston native will hope for a longer stay on the roster this time around, although he does have a pair of minor league option years remaining and can be moved between Anaheim and Salt Lake.
Thomas, who has some experience in center field but has spent most of his minor league career in the corners, adds some depth while the team plays things cautiously with Mike Trout. The three-time MVP left last night’s game early with left groin tightness. It doesn’t seem to be a concern, as team trainer Mike Frostad told reporters (including Sam Blum of the Athletic) that Trout is day-to-day. Juan Lagares will get the start in center field tonight, however.
Buttrey, meanwhile, loses his 40-man roster spot after struggling in Triple-A. He’s tossed 12 1/3 innings of nine-run ball, striking out only five batters while issuing a trio of walks. Buttrey has induced grounders on almost 60% of batted balls, but he wasn’t missing enough bats to be on the radar for an MLB call. The 29-year-old frankly acknowledged after his DFA (Twitter link) that he “(has) work to do to get myself back to peak form. … The best players will play and I’m not one of them yet. We will see what happens over the next few days, if not I’ll be back in Angel Stadium when the time is right.”
It’s not especially surprising that Buttrey hasn’t been at top form to this point, as he’s making his way back after sitting out the 2021 campaign. The right-hander stepped away from the game last April, saying at the time he’d begun to lose his passion and love for the sport. After a year away, Buttrey embarked on a comeback in January, and he’s occupied a spot on the 40-man roster since April.
The Angels will now have a week to trade Buttrey or try to run him through outright waivers. He struggled to a 5.81 ERA over 26 1/3 big league frames during the shortened 2020 season, but he’d posted a 3.98 mark with a quality 27.2% strikeout rate in 2019.
Wild men who caught and sang the sun in flight, and learn, too late, they grieved it on its way…
I had to Google. Not going to lie.
Great comment.
I hold a beast, an Angel, and a madman in me
Nicely done.
I came here to quote that poem, damnit. Well played, sir.
An absolute horror show. Please send Thoughts & Prayers
Angels training staff over the years:
He’s day to day
Should be back soon
10 day IL, just to be safe
His season is over
I know this is a new training staff, but they have to undo the years of misinformation before I trust them. And I also know for 100% fact they grossly under reported the severity of one key injury this year.
The real Dylan Thomas couldn’t fathom in his wildest dreams the tragedy of the Angels
Red Sox should claim Buttrey, great pen , goes with Ty Danish
Shut up Beavis
Who wouldn’t want a Buttrey Danish in the bullpen?
Call up Adam Riggs!!! Lol!!!!
Really like Ty. Hope he can rebuild his career. One of the most sincere people I’ve ever interviewed.
Uh huh huh, you said Buttrey. Eh heh heh heh.
Pull my finger
looks like it will be 14 in a row!
Yeah, who knew walking up to Nickelback songs all night would have no effect. See you at the show…
To me, that’s a sign you don’t want to win. Nickelback is horrible.
Right. Horrible. The “pundits” at Rolling Stone (“second-worst band of the 90s”) and parrots on Twitter say so.
Meanwhile, Billboard, which doesn’t give a damn about what’s “hip” and just goes by chart ratings, named Nickelback the Group of the Decade in the 2000s:
thestar.com/entertainment/music/2009/12/15/nickelb…
Back when they were current acts, critics at Rolling Stone crapped on the Doors, Led Zeppelin, Jethro Tull, Iggy and the Stooges, and Black Sabbath. Now they gush about how great the were. Rolling Stone’s music critics have long included a contingent of pretentious hipster dweebs. And the music public has never lacked for lemmings inoculated with metooism, sniffing around to find out what’s supposed to be hip before they decide what they like.
Welp, me being at te game was no help. 14 in a row.
Shoulda gone to tonight’s game instead. Ohtani was brilliant and Nevin got his first win as a manager.
I thought about it since I’ve never seen Ohtani pitch live. But we walked up for tickets so I figured it would be harder to get good seats with Ohtani on the mound. Glad they finally won.
Dumbest team alive.
How so?
Does anyone remember the tortilla giveaway at Angels Stadium in the 80’s and it turned into a competition of how far you could throw them from the top deck in left field? Some made it all the way to center field. Then they banned people from bringing in tortillas. I say we replace the Rally Monkey and bring back tortilla nights. That would at least bring fans to the stadium.
Guys. You haven’t had a winning season since 2015. Is it okay to mention the “R” word here: “rebuild”. Kinda along the lines of what the Astros did and Orioles are doing. In particular the Os. IE. Rendon is your version of Chris Davis. Could your owner stomach this?
They need a farm system to rebuild with and the Angels are currently ranked 28th. A rebuild in Anaheim would be a long process and one where you have one extremely high paid player (Trout) and not much more. Add Rendon’s high salary and the looming decision on Ohtani and the Angels are sort of stuck in a loop of big payroll/big disappointment year after year
At least they filled the minor league rosters with lots of pitchers during the last draft.
No. I mean gut it, including moving Trout and Ohtani. Rendon too but not sure anyone would want him. In return you get high end prospects while fielding a very low payroll team. Scary, yes, for Mr Moreno. Attendance woahs, maybe? But again, coming up on 8 straight losing seasons. Gutting it is something to consider. And Trout; is he suddenly old? Trade him now while healthy and hope he doesn’t turn out to be this centuries Frank Robinson.
I get you. No one is taking Rendon and even Trout comes with a bit of “buyer beware” these days. Ohtani’s arm will never hold up to be a full time starter, more of a full time DH/part time novelty act. Of the three Ohtani is the easiest to trade but as long as Trout is in Anaheim (and has a full no-trade clause) the Angels will never truly rebuild
@Rsox Thanks for the insight. Interesting. Here’s hoping you guys can turn things around sooner than later. Cheers!
I don’t get why these managers are removing their starters so early. Showalter just took his starter out in the 4th leading 4-2. It’s gotten ridiculous.
I feel the angels are really corrupt and I honestly think it’s time for Arte to sell the team
I feel the angels are really corrupt and I honestly think it’s time for Arte to sell the team
3 strikes your out right