Bryan Abreu

Bryan Enrique Abreu (born April 22, 1997) is a Dominican professional baseball pitcher for the Houston Astros of Major League Baseball (MLB). Abreu signed with the Astros as an international free agent in 2013. He made his major league debut in July 2019.

Bryan Abreu
Houston Astros – No. 66
Pitcher
Born: (1997-04-22) April 22, 1997
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Bats: Right Throws: Right
MLB debut
July 31, 2019, for the Houston Astros
MLB statistics
(through August 4, 2020)
Win–loss record0–0
Earned run average1.50
Strikeouts16
Teams

Career

Abreu signed with the Houston Astros as an international free agent in November 2013.[1] He made his professional debut in 2014 with the Dominican Summer League Astros, going 0-2 with a 6.55 ERA over 22 relief innings.

He returned to the DSL in 2015, pitching to a 2-2 record and a 3.83 ERA over 14 games (ten starts). In 2016, he began the year with the Greeneville Astros before being reassigned to the Gulf Coast League Astros. Over 38.2 innings, he went 2-5 with a 4.89 ERA.

He returned to Greeneville in 2017, compiling a 1-3 record with a 7.98 ERA in eight games (six starts),[2] and in 2018, he pitched for both the Tri-City ValleyCats and the Quad Cities River Bandits, going 6-1 with a 1.49 ERA over 14 games (seven starts).[3]

The Astros added Abreu to their 40-man roster after the 2018 season.[4] In 2019, he began the year with the Fayetteville Woodpeckers before being promoted to the Corpus Christi Hooks, with whom he was named a Texas League All-Star.[5]

On July 31, 2019, the Astros promoted Abreu to the major leagues.[6] He made his major league debut that night, pitching a scoreless inning in relief.[7] The following day, he was optioned back to Double-A Corpus Christi.[8]

References
  1. Batterson, Steve. "It begins with trust for Bandits' Abreu". The Quad-City Times. Retrieved December 14, 2018.
  2. "StackPath". Baseball-farm.com. Retrieved 2019-10-14.
  3. Sonny Jones. "Woodpeckers: 64 days and counting - Baseball America's rankings - Entertainment & Life - The Fayetteville Observer - Fayetteville, NC". Fayobserver.com. Retrieved 2019-10-14.
  4. "Astros add Garrett Stubbs, Rogelio Armenteros, Bryan Abreu to 40-man roster - HoustonChronicle.com". www.chron.com. November 20, 2018. Retrieved December 14, 2018.
  5. https://kristv.com/sports/hooks/2019/06/14/four-hooks-players-named-to-texas-league-all-star-game/
  6. "Abreu becomes 1st Woodpecker to reach majors". The Fayetteville Observer. July 31, 2019. Retrieved July 31, 2019.
  7. "Houston Astros at Cleveland Indians Box Score, July 31, 2019". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved August 1, 2019.
  8. "Astros' Bryan Abreu: Optioned to Double-A". cbssports.com. August 1, 2019. Retrieved August 14, 2019.
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