Bryan Abreu
26-Year-Old
Suspension
Est. Return 3/30/2024
2024 Stats
W-L
0-0
ERA
0.00
WHIP
0.00
K
0
SV
0
Rest-of-Season Projections
2024 Fantasy Outlook
Abreu passed up a few relievers in Houston's high-leverage hierarchy last season. Serving as the Astros' primary setup man in the eighth inning, Abreu established career highs across multiple categories in 2023, including games played (72), innings (72.0), saves (five) and holds (24). The 26-year-old posted elite ratios and was one of five relievers last season to record 100-plus strikeouts, hitting that mark right on the nose after throwing far more sliders (58.7% usage). The right-hander's upper-90s fastball was also more effective (.165 BA, 37.3% whiff), supplementing his slider as a secondary strikeout pitch. Abreu was looking like Houston's future closer, and he could still end up in the ninth, though he's been pushed back down the ladder for the time being with the addition of Josh Hader. Read Past Outlooks
Settles at $1.75 million
The Astros and Abreu avoided arbitration by agreeing to a one-year, $1.75 million contract Thursday, Ari Alexander of KPRC 2 Houston reports.
ANALYSIS
It's a well-earned raise for Abreu, who was in his first year of arbitration eligibility. The hard-throwing reliever has been dominant for Houston over the last two seasons, posting a 1.84 ERA and 188:57 K:BB across 132.1 innings. If anything happens to closer Ryan Pressly, Abreu would be next in line for saves. Abreu will have to serve a two-game suspension to begin the 2024 season after MLB ruled that he intentionally threw at the Rangers' Adolis Garcia in Game 5 of the ALCS this past fall.
It's a well-earned raise for Abreu, who was in his first year of arbitration eligibility. The hard-throwing reliever has been dominant for Houston over the last two seasons, posting a 1.84 ERA and 188:57 K:BB across 132.1 innings. If anything happens to closer Ryan Pressly, Abreu would be next in line for saves. Abreu will have to serve a two-game suspension to begin the 2024 season after MLB ruled that he intentionally threw at the Rangers' Adolis Garcia in Game 5 of the ALCS this past fall.
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Left/Right Pitching Splits
Since 2022
-5%
BAA vs LHP
2024
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BAA | K | BB | H | HR | ||||
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Since 2022vs Left | .187 | 92 | 32 | 42 | 3 | |||
Since 2022vs Right | .196 | 96 | 25 | 47 | 5 | |||
2024vs Left | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
2024vs Right | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
2023vs Left | .185 | 50 | 20 | 22 | 3 | |||
2023vs Right | .171 | 50 | 11 | 22 | 3 | |||
2022vs Left | .189 | 42 | 12 | 20 | 0 | |||
2022vs Right | .225 | 46 | 14 | 25 | 2 | |||
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Home/Away Pitching Splits
Since 2022
-62%
ERA at Home
2024
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ERA | WHIP | IP | K/9 | BB/9 | |||||
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Since 2022Home | 1.03 | 1.04 | 70.0 | 12.0 | 3.7 | ||||
Since 2022Away | 2.74 | 1.17 | 62.1 | 13.7 | 4.0 | ||||
2024Home | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
2024Away | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
2023Home | 1.21 | 0.91 | 37.1 | 11.8 | 2.9 | ||||
2023Away | 2.34 | 1.18 | 34.2 | 13.2 | 4.9 | ||||
2022Home | 0.83 | 1.19 | 32.2 | 12.1 | 4.7 | ||||
2022Away | 3.25 | 1.16 | 27.2 | 14.3 | 2.9 | ||||
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Stat Review
How does Bryan Abreu compare to other relievers?
This section compares his stats with all relief pitcher seasons from the previous three seasons (minimum 30 innings)*. The bar represents the player's percentile rank. For example, if the bar is halfway across, then the player falls into the 50th percentile for that stat and it would be considered average.
* Exit Velocity, Barrels/BBE %, Balls Hit 95+ MPH %, and Spin Rate are benchmarked against 2019 data (min 30 IP). See here for more exit velocity/barrels stats plus an explanation of current limitations with that data set.
* Exit Velocity, Barrels/BBE %, Balls Hit 95+ MPH %, and Spin Rate are benchmarked against 2019 data (min 30 IP). See here for more exit velocity/barrels stats plus an explanation of current limitations with that data set.
K/BB
3.23K/9
12.5BB/9
3.9HR/9
0.8Fastball
97.6 mphERA
1.75WHIP
1.04BABIP
.269GB/FB
1.14Left On Base
87.1%Exit Velocity
82.9 mphBarrels/BBE
5.5%Spin Rate
2690 rpmBalls Hit 95+ MPH
20.1%Swinging Strike
17.2%Prospect Rankings History
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Past Fantasy Outlooks
2023
2021
2020
Abreu graduated from middle relief to high leverage as an important part of the Astros' late-inning bridge to closer Ryan Pressly. The fourth-year pro tallied a career-high 60.1 innings across 55 appearances, of which 17 were multi-inning stints. Walks (3.9 BB/9) were still an issue, but Abreu's 13.1 K/9 was 7th-best among qualified relievers thanks to a devastating slider that produced 63 of his 88 strikeouts. Abreu's fastball wasn't as effective, but he added a tick-and-a-half of velocity on average (97.2 mph) and approached triple-digits during the World Series. He also generated plenty of whiffs (98th percentile) while limiting hard contact with elite barrel (95th%) and hard hit (89th) percentages. Despite the breakout season, Abreu is unlikely to see many save chances in 2023 with Rafael Montero and Hector Neris likely ahead of him in the hierarchy. He's still worth a look in deeper formats for strikeouts and ratio support.
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To serve two-game ban in 2024
MLB announced Monday that Abreu's two-game suspension for throwing at the Rangers' Adolis Garcia in last Friday's Game 5 of the ALCS was upheld following an appeal, Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic reports. Abreu will serve the suspension for the first two games of the 2024 regular season.
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Eligible to pitch in Game 6
Abreu (suspension) is appealing his two-game suspension, and he's eligible to pitch in Sunday's contest with the Rangers.
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Suspended two games
Abreu was suspended two games and fined an undisclosed amount of money for throwing at Adolis Garcia in Game 5 of the ALCS, Matt Kawahara of the Houston Chronicle reports.
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Notches fifth save
Abreu allowed a hit and a walk while striking out one in a scoreless inning to earn the save in Saturday's 1-0 win over the Diamondbacks.
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Gets four outs Wednesday
Abreu (forearm) struck out one over 1.1 innings Wednesday against the Orioles.
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