Albert Abreu

Albert Emmanuel Abreu Dias (born September 26, 1995) is a Dominican professional baseball pitcher for the New York Yankees of Major League Baseball (MLB).

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Abreu and the second or maternal family name is Dias.
Albert Abreu
Abreu with the Trenton Thunder in 2019
New York Yankees – No. 84
Pitcher
Born: (1995-09-26) September 26, 1995
Guayubín, Dominican Republic
Bats: Right Throws: Right
MLB debut
August 8, 2020, for the New York Yankees
MLB statistics
(through 2020 season)
Win–loss record0–1
Earned run average20.25
Strikeouts2
Teams

Career

Houston Astros

Abreu signed with the Houston Astros as an international free agent in August 2013. He made his professional debut in 2014 with the Dominican Summer League Astros where he had a 3–2 win-loss record with a 2.78 earned run average (ERA) in 14 games. He pitched 2015 with the Greeneville Astros, going 2–3 with a 2.51 ERA and started 2016 with the Quad Cities River Bandits, where he posted a 2–8 record and 3.50 ERA before being promoted to the Lancaster JetHawks[1] where he finished the season, going 1–0 with a 5.40 ERA in three games.

New York Yankees

On November 17, 2016, the Astros traded Abreu and Jorge Guzmán to the New York Yankees for Brian McCann.[2] He spent 2017 with the Charleston RiverDogs, Tampa Yankees and GCL Yankees, posting a combined 2–3 record and 3.38 ERA in 53.1 innings pitched between the three clubs.[3] The Yankees added him to their 40-man roster after the 2017 season.[4]

Abreu made his MLB debut on August 8, 2020.

References
  1. "Houston Astros prospect Albert Abreu gives up two hits over eight scoreless innings for Quad Cities River Bandits – MiLB.com News – The Official Site of Minor League Baseball". Retrieved November 19, 2016.
  2. "Yankees trade catcher Brian McCann to Houston Astros for 2 pitching prospects". Retrieved November 19, 2016.
  3. "Albert Abreu Stats, Highlights, Bio – MiLB.com Stats – The Official Site of Minor League Baseball". MiLB.com. Retrieved January 28, 2018.
  4. King, George A. (November 20, 2017). "Yankees scramble to keep top-rated farm system together | New York Post". Nypost.com. Retrieved November 26, 2017.
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