![]() ![]() ![]() Abreu managed four extra-base hits in 120 April plate appearances, none of which left the ballpark. 270 slugging percentage, 36.9 percent hard-hit rate and. 537 OPS in April (and two days in March) are the lowest during any month he’s taken at least 95 plate appearances. ![]() Jim Crane gave Abreu the second-largest free-agent contract of his ownership tenure, a three-year, $58.5 million deal amounting to a wager that Abreu would age well.Ībreu’s first month offered an alarming rebuttal. Abreu just authored the worst month of his major league career, an inglorious introduction to a new fanbase following his huge payday this winter. “He wants to play every day and says ‘I’ll make adjustments in the game.’” “Other people would have been asking for off days, asking for a mental break,” Cintrón continued. “Every day, he watches a lot of videos about his swings trying to find something to click.” It’s crazy,” Astros hitting coach Alex Cintrón said. His routine is rigorous, even if none of the results reflect it. ![]()
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