Wilyer Abreu

Wilyer Abreu

24-Year-Old OutfielderOF
Boston Red Sox
2024 Fantasy Outlook
The lefty-hitting Abreu was traded to Boston at the 2022 trade deadline in the deal that sent Christian Vazquez to Houston. He doesn't run as much as he used to, attempting just 13 steals in 114 games across Triple-A and the majors, but Abreu has a cannon of an arm and logged an impressive 49.1 HardHit% rate in 53 batted-ball events, per Statcast. He made solid swing decisions in his brief cup of coffee, but Abreu's Contact% was a hair below 70 percent, so he will likely be better in OBP leagues than AVG leagues. Abreu's defensive versatility and patient approach make him more valuable to Boston than to fantasy managers, but he's a very strong outfield streamer when home games and/or games against right-handed pitchers are on the docket. Abreu figured to get a chance on the strong side of an outfield platoon with Rob Refsnyder to start the year, but the acquisition of Tyler O'Neill notably diminishes his 2024 outlook. Read Past Outlooks
RANKSFrom Preseason
#476
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$Signed a one-year contract with the Red Sox in March of 2024.
Another three-hit day
OFBoston Red Sox
April 21, 2024
Abreu went 3-for-5 with a double, two RBI and a run scored during Sunday's 6-1 victory over the Pirates
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Abreu's three-hit day represented his second such effort in three days, as he posted multiple RBI for the first time this season. Abreu entered the series with PIttsburgh hitting just .184 but reached base 10 times, going 7-for-12 with three walks, a homer, two doubles, four RBI and three runs scored during the weekend set to raise his average to .280 with a .390 on-base percentage.
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Batting Order Slot Breakdown
vs Right-Handed Pitchers
vs RHP
#1
#2
#3
#4
#5
#6
#7
#8
#9
3
1
1
3
1
2
1
vs Left-Handed Pitchers
vs LHP
#1
#2
#3
#4
#5
#6
#7
#8
#9
1
Left/Right Batting Splits
Since 2022
 
 
+77%
OPS vs RHP
2024
 
 
+38%
OPS vs RHP
2023
 
 
+132%
OPS vs RHP
2022
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OPS PA R HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG
Since 2022vs Left .513 20 2 0 2 0 .211 .250 .263
Since 2022vs Right .907 124 17 3 19 7 .318 .411 .495
2024vs Left .633 10 1 0 1 0 .222 .300 .333
2024vs Right .872 49 8 1 6 4 .293 .408 .463
2023vs Left .400 10 1 0 1 0 .200 .200 .200
2023vs Right .928 75 9 2 13 3 .333 .413 .515
2022vs Left 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2022vs Right 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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Home/Away Batting Splits
Since 2022
 
 
+1%
OPS at Home
2024
 
 
+30%
OPS on Road
2023
 
 
+19%
OPS at Home
2022
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OPS PA R HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG
Since 2022Home .852 66 10 1 11 6 .322 .394 .458
Since 2022Away .847 78 9 2 10 1 .284 .385 .463
2024Home .710 26 5 0 3 4 .227 .346 .364
2024Away .924 33 4 1 4 0 .321 .424 .500
2023Home .939 40 5 1 8 2 .378 .425 .514
2023Away .791 45 5 1 6 1 .256 .356 .436
2022Home 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2022Away 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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Stat Review
How does Wilyer Abreu compare to other hitters?
This section compares his stats with all batting seasons from the previous three seasons (minimum 400 plate appearances)*. 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 and Barrels/PA % are benchmarked against 2019 data (min 400 PA) and Hard Hit Rate is benchmarked against last season's data (min 400 PA). See here for more exit velocity/barrels stats plus an explanation of current limitations with that data set.
  • BB/K
    Walk to strikeout ratio
  • BB Rate
    The percentage of plate appearances resulting in a walk.
  • K Rate
    The percentage of plate appearances resulting in a strikeout.
  • BABIP
    Batting average on balls in play. Measures how many of a batter’s balls in play go for hits.
  • ISO
    Isolated Power. Slugging percentage minus batting average. A computation used to measure a batter's raw power.
  • AVG
    Batting average. Hits divided by at bats.
  • OBP
    On Base Percentage. A measure of how often a batters reaches base. Roughly equal to number of times on base divided by plate appearances.
  • SLG
    Slugging Percentage. A measure of the batting productivity of a hitter. It is calculated as total bases divided by at bats.
  • OPS
    On base plus slugging. THe sum of a batter's on-base percentage and slugging percentage.
  • wOBA
    Weighted on-base average. Measures a player's overall offensive contributions per plate appearance. wOBA combines all the different aspects of hitting into one metric, weighting each of them in proportion to their actual run value.
  • Exit Velocity
    The speed of the baseball as it comes off the bat, immediately after a batter makes contact.
  • Hard Hit Rate
    A measure of contact quality from Sports Info Solutions. This stat explains what percentage of batted balls were hit hard vs. medium or soft.
  • Barrels/PA
    The percentage of plate appearances where a batter had a batted ball classified as a Barrel. A Barrel is a batted ball with similar exit velocity and launch angle to past ones that led to a minimum .500 batting average and 1.500 slugging percentage.
  • Expected BA
    Expected Batting Average.
  • Expected SLG
    Expected Slugging Percentage.
  • Sprint Speed
    The speed of a runner from home to first, in feet per second.
  • Ground Ball %
    The percentage of balls put in play that are on the ground.
  • Line Drive %
    The percentage of balls put in play that are line drives.
  • Fly Ball %
    The percentage of balls put in play that are fly balls.
BB/K
0.53
 
BB Rate
15.3%
 
K Rate
28.8%
 
BABIP
.406
 
ISO
.160
 
AVG
.280
 
OBP
.390
 
SLG
.440
 
OPS
.830
 
wOBA
.369
 
Exit Velocity
90.2 mph
 
Hard Hit Rate
33.3%
 
Barrels/PA
5.1%
 
Expected BA
.179
 
Expected SLG
.327
 
Sprint Speed
24.3 ft/sec
 
Ground Ball %
42.4%
 
Line Drive %
18.2%
 
Fly Ball %
39.4%
 
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2023 Fantasy Outlook
Abreu was added to Boston's 40-man roster in November and should open the 2023 campaign at the Triple-A level. He was acquired from Houston in the Christian Vazquez trade and had an .834 OPS with 19 home runs and 31 stolen bases at the Double-A level in 2022. More impressively he had a walk rate around 20 percent, though he also had a 26.3 percent strikeout rate. That level of plate discipline isn't sustainable, but it's still a strength as he also had a double-digit walk rate in the lower minors. Abreu could make his big-league debut in 2023 if he continues his strong play at Triple-A Worcester.
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Smacks first homer Friday
OFBoston Red Sox
April 20, 2024
Abreu went 3-for-5 with a double, a solo home run and a second run scored in Friday's 8-1 win over the Pirates.
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Steals base in win
OFBoston Red Sox
April 18, 2024
Abreu started in right field and went 0-for-2 with a walk and stolen base in Wednesday's 2-0 win over Cleveland.
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Will play every day versus righties
OFBoston Red Sox
April 15, 2024
Red Sox manager Alex Cora said Monday that he plans to begin playing Abreu every day against right-handed starting pitchers, Rob Bradford of WEEI.com reports.
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Ignites four-run inning
OFBoston Red Sox
April 14, 2024
Abreu went 2-for-4 with a double, an RBI, a stolen base and two runs scored in Saturday's 7-2 win over the Angels.
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Not starting Friday
OFBoston Red Sox
April 5, 2024
Abreu is not in the starting lineup Friday against the Angels.
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