THE Astros are ready to welcome the first baseman José Abreu back in the fold in the coming days, as Abreu himself told reporters (including The Athletic’s Chandler Rome) earlier today that he would be flying to Seattle tomorrow ahead of the club to meet them for the club’s three-game set against the Mariners, which is scheduled to begin on Monday. Abreu was previously expected to join Houston in Oakland for a three-game set against the A’s, but the club instead decided to give the veteran a few more games in the minors.
Abreu, 37, had a poor season at the plate last year in his first season with the Astros, but started to heat up a bit later in the season, which gave him optimism for his second year with the club. Unfortunately, the hot spell did not continue and the veteran posted a disastrous .099/.156/.113 slash line in 22 games before agreeing to be optioned to the minors in an effort to overcome the deep struggles that tormented him. . Since then, Abreu has appeared in six minor league games and slashed a respectable .280/.357/.480 in 28 trips to the plate.
If Abreu can show anything close to the offensive performance he delivered during his time with the White Sox, for whom he never posted a wRC+ lower than 14% above league average, that would give a Huge boost to an Astros club that has struggled early and currently sits 3.5 games out of first place in the AL West with a 23-29 record that puts them behind the Mariners and Rangers. Jon Singleton has performed admirably at first base in Abreu’s absence with a 110 wRC+ in 38 games this year, but that includes a paltry .206/.290/.324 slash line against left-handed pitchers this year. Abreu, on the other hand, produced well against lefties even last season, when he hit a healthy .235/.296/.444 against them in 179 trips to the plate.
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