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Back in April, nobody in the Halosphere had any idea who Ty Buttrey was.
In April, when Shohei Ohtani was pitching a near perfect game and touching 100 mph, Ian Kinsler was the Angels’ sure-handed second baseman.
Before the July 31 trade deadline arrived, Angel general manager Billy Eppler received a phone call. On the other end was Boston Red Sox president of baseball operations Dave Dombrowski, who a problem that Billy might help him fix.
The Red Sox were well on their way to the AL East title
But Dombrowski wanted a better option at second base, where stone-handed Eduardo Nunez, a fill-in for the injured Dustin Pedroia, was booting grounders and costing runs as surely as sluggers Mookie Betts and JD Martinez could provide them.