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In first meeting, Aybar reflects on time with Angels
- Updated: August 26, 2016
DETROIT — It came as a big surprise to Erick Aybar when the Angels traded him to the Braves last November after 10 seasons with the club.
“It was difficult at first,” Aybar said. “Imagine being with one organization for your whole career and then all of a sudden you get traded. So it was difficult, but that’s the way the business is. It’s baseball.”
Atlanta traded Aybar to Detroit on Aug. 16, and the shortstop faces the Angels for the first time this weekend at Comerica Park.
Aybar posted a .276 batting average over his 10 seasons in Anaheim, and he made four postseason appearances, but he said he doesn’t have one particular memory that stands out from his days with the Angels.
“That was the organization that I came up with,” Aybar said. “They showed me a lot of love, from players to the coaches and the manager.”
Aybar has struggled at the plate in 2016, with his batting average down nearly 30 points from what it was in his final season with the Angels. Part of that can be attributed to playing for a struggling Braves club, but Aybar …
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