Bryan Abreu
27-Year-Old
2024 Stats
W-L
1-1
ERA
3.60
WHIP
1.40
K
30
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
Steps into setup role
Abreu threw a scoreless eighth inning while allowing one hit and striking out three to record a hold Friday against the Tigers.
ANALYSIS
Ryan Pressly (back) hasn't pitched since May 3, leaving Abreu as Houston's primary setup man. He blew the lead in his first opportunity in the role Sunday, but he performed well in Friday's appearance to tally his sixth hold of the season. Since allowing six earned runs across his first 5.2 innings of the campaign, Abreu has allowed only five earned runs across his last 15.2 frames.
Ryan Pressly (back) hasn't pitched since May 3, leaving Abreu as Houston's primary setup man. He blew the lead in his first opportunity in the role Sunday, but he performed well in Friday's appearance to tally his sixth hold of the season. Since allowing six earned runs across his first 5.2 innings of the campaign, Abreu has allowed only five earned runs across his last 15.2 frames.
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Pitching Appearances Breakdown
Average Pitch Count
19
Last 10 Games
19
Last 5 Games
18
How many pitches does Bryan Abreu generally throw?
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121+
What part of the game does Bryan Abreu generally pitch?
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9th
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% Games Reaching Innings Threshold
% Games By Number of Innings Pitched
Left/Right Pitching Splits
Since 2022
-10%
BAA vs RHP
2024
-66%
BAA vs RHP
BAA | K | BB | H | HR | ||||
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Since 2022vs Left | .206 | 104 | 41 | 54 | 6 | |||
Since 2022vs Right | .185 | 114 | 28 | 51 | 6 | |||
2024vs Left | .324 | 12 | 9 | 12 | 3 | |||
2024vs Right | .111 | 18 | 3 | 4 | 1 | |||
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
-51%
ERA at Home
2024
-23%
ERA on Road
ERA | WHIP | IP | K/9 | BB/9 | |||||
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Since 2022Home | 1.37 | 1.11 | 78.2 | 11.9 | 4.1 | ||||
Since 2022Away | 2.81 | 1.18 | 73.2 | 13.9 | 4.0 | ||||
2024Home | 4.15 | 1.62 | 8.2 | 11.4 | 7.3 | ||||
2024Away | 3.18 | 1.24 | 11.1 | 15.1 | 4.0 | ||||
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
2.50K/9
13.5BB/9
5.4HR/9
1.8Fastball
96.4 mphERA
3.60WHIP
1.40BABIP
.313GB/FB
1.00Left On Base
89.3%Exit Velocity
81.7 mphBarrels/BBE
3.5%Spin Rate
2590 rpmBalls Hit 95+ MPH
24.7%Swinging Strike
14.5%Prospect Rankings History
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Weighing appeal
According to Bryan Hoch of MLB.com, Abreu and the Astros are discussing whether or not to appeal his two-game suspension ahead of Game 6 of the ALCS against the Rangers on Sunday.
ANALYSIS
He received the two-game ban for throwing at Adolis Garcia in Game 5 of the ALCS, and the right-hander has until the start of Game 6 to decide whether or not to appeal. Abreu has been a key piece out of the bullpen for Houston with 11 strikeouts and just one run allowed across 6.1 frames in the playoffs.
He received the two-game ban for throwing at Adolis Garcia in Game 5 of the ALCS, and the right-hander has until the start of Game 6 to decide whether or not to appeal. Abreu has been a key piece out of the bullpen for Houston with 11 strikeouts and just one run allowed across 6.1 frames in the playoffs.
Past Fantasy Outlooks
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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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Not available Monday
Astros manager Joe Espada announced that Abreu will not be available for Monday's game against the Blue Jays, Chandler Rome of The Athletic reports.
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Serves two-game suspension
The Astros activated Abreu from the restricted list Saturday, per MLB's transaction log.
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Placed on restricted list
The Astros placed Abreu on the restricted list Thursday.
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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.
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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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