{"id":23606,"date":"2025-01-04T14:10:01","date_gmt":"2025-01-04T14:10:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=23606"},"modified":"2025-01-04T14:10:01","modified_gmt":"2025-01-04T14:10:01","slug":"forgotten-former-integral-yankees-reliever-disappears-into-background-of-free-agency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=23606","title":{"rendered":"Forgotten former integral Yankees reliever disappears into background of free agency"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"inline-text-0\">Occasionally, going overseas can reverse a pitcher&#8217;s fortunes in the span of just one year. Look at Kyle Hart, owner of a career 15.55 MLB ERA, who&#8217;s now fielding a fleet of five interested teams after rebounding in KBO.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-1\">Other times? It can lead to a previously integral member of an MLB staff fading further into obscurity, even if the overseas numbers were fairly impressive. When that happens, it only shines a more powerful spotlight on the musty corners of certain teams&#8217; bullpen plans. In 2023, Albert Abreu was essential to the Yankees for far longer than he should&#8217;ve been.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-2\">In 2025, he&#8217;s hanging out in purgatory between the Seibu Lions and MLB free agency. Technically, he&#8217;s available in both Japan and the United States, but so far, there&#8217;s been nary a public bite, even after he posted a 2.39 ERA in 49 innings as the Lions&#8217; closer, netting 28 saves in the process.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-3\">Does anyone want Abreu? Is he making himself available in both nations? He became a free agent on Dec. 2 at the age of 29, and his market has been more silent than the Toronto Blue Jays attempting to compete for upper-echelon talent. A casual reminder that this man pitched in 45 games, tossing 59 innings, for the 2023 Yankees.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"zxx\">pic.twitter.com\/CKdzzhERDx<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Albert abreu (@a_abreu36) October 3, 2024<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/figure>\n<h2 id=\"inline-text-5\">Former forgotten Yankees in free agency: Where is Albert Abreu?<\/h2>\n<p id=\"inline-text-6\">Abreu languishing on the market isn&#8217;t terribly shocking. What<em> is<\/em> shocking? He teamed up with Franchy Cordero on Seibu in 2024, and the ex-Yankees slugger known for his light-tower power (and his whiffing) hit just <em>seven home runs in 99 games<\/em> in Japan. What gives?! He always felt like a Tuffy Rhodes candidate, someone who could immediately ignite the record books if he hopped abroad and laser-focused on mashing. Instead, he lost his pop. Another reminder that the 2023 Yankees season was &#8212; say it with me now! &#8212; great.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-7\">Cordero made less of an impression in pinstripes than Abreu. He also made less of an impression abroad. Neither, somehow, has impacted this winter&#8217;s free agent puddle with even the slightest ripple. It just goes to show you that the 2023 Yankees really should&#8217;ve non-tendered Abreu, their pet project, sooner. Clearly, they were at no risk of losing him to the rest of MLB.<\/p>\n<figure><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Remember Albert Abreu? He pitched a ton for the 2023 New York Yankees? 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