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Bryan Abreu Making Push For Postseason Roster

By Dylan A. Chase | September 21, 2019 at 11:06pm CDT

The Astros are not a team with many holes. With a staff fronted by three aces, a lineup peppered with stars, and a bullpen anchored by the likes of Roberto Osuna and Ryan Pressly, Houston’s squad currently holds a 33.6% chance of winning the World Series, per Fangraphs’ MLB Playoff Odds calculations. It seems somewhat unfair, then, that such a squad would find a way to get even better heading into October, but that’s exactly what they may be doing now that rookie reliever Bryan Abreu is on the scene. The 22-year-old arm has been so impressive in his first MLB action, in fact, that he may be forcing himself onto the Stros’ postseason roster, according to a report from Chandler Rome of the Houston Chronicle (link).

Abreu, the club’s second-ranked pitching prospect behind Forrest Whitley, has debuted here in the second half with 6.2 innings in which he has punched out ten hitters while walking just three. This production comes on the heels of some shaky bottom-line results in Triple-A this year (5.05 ERA in 13 starts and 20 appearances) that obscured more impressive underlying numbers (11.86 K/9, 3.99 FIP). “He’s nasty,” Hinch told Rome last Sunday. “His breaking ball is as good as anyone we have or anyone that we have had over the last few years. You see the funny swings and the uncomfortable takes, and you realize why the organization was so high on him.”

As noted in Rome’s article, manager AJ Hinch found room for another rookie reliever, Josh James, on 2018’s postseason rosters when James finished the year with a string of impressive appearances. Could Abreu be making a similar case? While Hinch told Rome that no conversations about the postseason roster will begin until the club clinches the AL West, the reporter projects that Will Harris, Pressly, and Osuna are certain locks for the playoff pen. After that, James, Hector Rondon, and Joe Smith are “logical inclusions”, and the impending return of Brad Peacock could account for the final spot. If any injuries befall one of these Houston mainstays–or if Peacock shows signs of rust upon returning–Abreu may be held in firm consideration for postseason action.

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  1. bigwestbaseball

    6 years ago

    Yankees will win the WS this year!

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    • rerogers

      6 years ago

      Nobody of consequence hopes so.

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    • Eightball611

      6 years ago

      Only on OF…sox beat them last season…they can be beaten just need be smart

      Reply
    • texas_slim85

      6 years ago

      LMAO!!!

      Reply
    • DarkSide830

      6 years ago

      ill believe it when i see it

      Reply
    • todd76

      6 years ago

      The Yankees won’t even make the World Series.

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  2. Aaron Sapoznik

    6 years ago

    I had thought that there was an outside chance for the Astros to have an Abreu on their postseason roster. Of course, my thinking was that might be Jose at 1B and not Bryan in the bullpen.

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  3. Melchez

    6 years ago

    Walking “just 3” in 6.2 innings? Pitching standards must have dropped significantly since the days of Greg Maddux.

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    • DarkSide830

      6 years ago

      i think ithe comparison is between Ks and SOs. if he struck out only one but walked one in 6.2 innings “just” would not have been added.

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      • DarkSide830

        6 years ago

        *K’s and BBs

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