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José Dariel Abreu Correa (born January 29, 1987) is a Cuban-born professional baseball  first baseman  for the Houston Astros  of Major League Baseball  (MLB). He has previously played in MLB for the Chicago White Sox .

Abreu played in the Cuban National Series  for Cienfuegos  before his defection  from Cuba in August 2013. After being granted free agency  by MLB, Abreu signed with the White Sox in October 2013. Since 2013, Abreu has performed primarily as a first baseman, however he has also filled in at designated hitter  in slightly less than 20% of his current total of games played. Abreu won the AL Rookie of the Year Award  in 2014, the Silver Slugger Award  in 2014, 2018, and 2020, and the American League 's Most Valuable Player Award  in 2020.

Defection from Cuba

In August 2013, rumors began circulating online that Abreu had defected from Cuba to pursue an MLB career.

"If, as rumored, Cuban 1B Jose Dariel Abreu has defected from Cuba, he's the best hitter ever to leave Cuba for MLB," said Joe Kehoskie , a former agent for Cuban defectors, on August 11.

Abreu's defection was later confirmed by former teammate Henry Urrutia . Abreu established residency in Haiti and trained in the Dominican Republic, where Urrutia's agents planned to showcase him.

Abreu later told the Chicago Tribune  that he decided to defect while playing in the 2013 World Baseball Classic  in March.

Chicago White Sox

In October 2013, he signed a six-year contract with the Chicago White Sox  worth $68 million. On the White Sox, Abreu joined fellow Cuban players Alexei Ramírez , Dayán Viciedo , and Rule 5 draft  pick Adrian Nieto .

2014: AL Rookie of the Year

Abreu recorded his first major league hit on March 31, 2014 , against the Minnesota Twins . On April 8, 2014, Abreu hit the first two home runs of his career in a game at Coors Field , helping his team to defeat the Colorado Rockies , 15–3. On April 25, 2014, he captured his eighth home run of the year off Chris Archer , tying the rookie record for homers in March–April. Later that night, Abreu recorded his third multi-homer game with a walk-off grand slam  versus Tampa Bay Rays  pitcher Grant Balfour  giving him nine homers in his first month in the Major Leagues, surpassing the record of eight shared by Albert Pujols  (2001), Carlos Delgado  (1994), and Kent Hrbek (1982). Two days later, Abreu broke the rookie record for RBI in the month of April with 31, and extended the April rookie home run record to 10. For his performance, Abreu was awarded a share of the AL Player of the Week Award for April 21–27 along with Seattle Mariners ' third baseman Kyle Seager . During this week, Abreu batted .310 with 5 home runs, 14 RBI and an .862 slugging percentage .

On May 18, Abreu was placed on the 15-day disabled list with tendinitis  in his left ankle. On June 2, Abreu returned from the DL to face the Los Angeles Dodgers . In his second at bat after his return, Abreu hit a two-run home run off Dodgers ace Clayton Kershaw .

On July 6, Abreu was selected to the 2014 MLB All-Star Game  along with teammates Alexei Ramírez  and Chris Sale . At the All-Star Break, Abreu had a .292 batting average with 73 RBIs and an MLB-leading 29 home runs. During the season, Abreu was named both player of the month  and rookie of the month for April & July, being something where no one else in baseball had ever won both awards in the same month twice in one season. Having won the rookie honor in June, Abreu became only the fourth player to win the Rookie of the Month  honor three or more times in a season.

Abreu finished the season with a White Sox rookie record 36 home runs. He won the 2014 Sporting News  American League Rookie of the Year Award . He was awarded the AL Silver Slugger Award  for first basemen, becoming the only White Sox first baseman besides Frank Thomas  to ever gain the honor. Abreu was unanimously named the 2014 AL Rookie of the Year  by the BBWAA  on November 10, 2014.

2015

Abreu had an effective sophomore season in 2015 , batting .290/.347/.502 with 30 home runs and 101 RBIs in 154 games. His .502 slugging percentage and 67 extra-base hits both ranked tenth in the American League.

2016

Abreu continued his productive pace in 2016  as he batted .293/.353/.468 with 25 home runs and 100 RBIs for the White Sox.

2017

On September 9, 2017 , Abreu hit for the cycle against the San Francisco Giants , becoming the first White Sox player to hit for the cycle since José Valentín  on April 27, 2000 . In 2017, Abreu held many of the top 20 ranks within MLB, 8th in MLB for batting average, batting .304 for the season, and led the league in total bases. He created a total of 116 runs throughout the season, placing him at fifth in the American League. He was third in the league for triples, hitting 6 over the course of the regular season, and had 82 total extra base hits, making him second in the league.

2018

In 2018, Abreu again was selected to play in the 2018 All-Star Game as part of the American League team as a first baseman. After the 2018 season, he was also awarded his second Silver Slugger Award for first basemen. He batted .265/.325/.473 in 2018, each the lowest figure of his Major League Baseball career.

2019

In 2019 , Abreu batted .284/.330/.503 with 33 home runs and led the American League in RBIs (123) and sacrifice flies (10), and led the major leagues in grounding into double plays (24). On defense, he had a -4 Defensive Runs Saved  (DRS) rating, the lowest in the American League among first basemen.

On November 14, 2019, Abreu agreed to the White Sox's qualifying offer of a one-year, $17.8 million contract. On November 22, Abreu signed a three-year contract with the White Sox worth $50 million, superseding his previously accepted qualifying offer.

2020: AL MVP

Abreu had another strong offensive season for the White Sox in 2020 . On August 22 and 23 against the Chicago Cubs , Abreu tied an MLB record by hitting a home run in four straight at-bats. Abreu hit 3 home runs in his 3 at-bats on August 22 off Kyle Hendricks , Rowan Wick , and Duane Underwood Jr.  Then the next day, Abreu hit a home run in his first at-bat off Yu Darvish . Overall, Abreu batted .317/.370/.617, equaling a career high in batting average while setting a new career best for slugging. Abreu led the American League in slugging percentage, RBIs (60), games played (60), hits (76), extra base hits (34), total bases (148), double plays grounded into (10; leading the league for the second consecutive year), and errors by a first baseman (5), while also finishing in the top 10 in home runs (19, 2nd) and doubles (15, 9th). Abreu's strong season helped to lead the White Sox to their first postseason berth since 2008. In game 1 of the Wild Card Series  against the Oakland Athletics , Abreu hit his first postseason home run in his second at-bat off Jesus Luzardo . The Sox would win the game 4–1 but would lose the next 2 games which eliminated them. For his efforts during the regular season, Abreu was named the AL MVP , becoming the first White Sox player to win the award since Frank Thomas  in 1994. Abreu became the fourth different White Sox player to win AL MVP joining Thomas, Dick Allen , and Nellie Fox .

2021

In 2021, Abreu tested positive for COVID-19  after arriving at spring training . His first practice with the White Sox was on February 27, five days after their first full-squad workout.

On April 14, 2021, in a game against the Cleveland Indians  in top of the 9th inning, Abreu made a play at first base and was credited with saving a no-hitter  for Carlos Rodon . Abreu picked up a ground ball that hit off of Josh Naylor  and with Naylor sprinting as fast as he could to first base, Abreu stretched his right foot out like he was a baserunner sliding to the bag and his foot touched the base just before Naylor reached it with his headfirst slide attempt. On May 14, 2021, Abreu was involved in a collision at the first base line with Kansas City Royals  batter Hunter Dozier  during the first game of a double header. Neither of them played in the second game of the double header, but Abreu returned to play on the following day.[28]  On May 16, Abreu scored a walk-off run on a wild pitch by Kansas City Royals  pitcher Wade Davis . On August 12, 2021, in a game played at the MLB at Field of Dreams  site in Dyersville, Iowa, Abreu hit the first ever official Major League home run to be connected in Iowa off Andrew Heaney . Overall in 2021, Abreu took a step back. Despite hitting 30 home runs and 117 RBIs during the season, he had an OPS+ of 124 in 152 games while last season it was a 165 OPS+. He was also hit 22 times by pitches. He grounded into 28 double plays, more than any other major leaguer.

2022

The 2022 season was much better than the 2021 season as Abreu batted .304/.378/.446 with a 133 OPS+ and 4.2 WAR in 157 games. However, he had a significant decrease in power, hitting only 15 home runs, which could be due to a very pitcher dominated year.

Houston Astros

On November 28, 2022, Abreu signed a three-year, $58.5 million contract with the Houston Astros . He singled on Opening Day  versus the White Sox  to secure his first base hit as member of the Astros, the start of a 10-game hitting streak  to open the season.

Personal life Abreu wears #79, an unusually high   uniform number . His mother, Daysi Correa,  chose the number so that people would remember it. Abreu's mother and the rest of his extended family remained in Cuba   until his parents moved to the United States in May 2014.   The   2014 MLB All-Star Game   was the first game in which his parents saw him play since leaving   Cuba . We stand behind our products and customer service is always the top priority. We're proud of our fast and efficient shipping. All items are safely packed to insure protection. Your orders will arrive quickly and exactly as described. 
  • Condition: Graded
  • Card Size: Standard
  • League: Major League
  • Set: 2017 Bowman Chrome
  • Product: Single
  • Player/Athlete: José Abreu
  • Year Manufactured: 2017
  • Original/Licensed Reprint: Original
  • Modified Item: No
  • Sport: Baseball
  • Type: Sports Trading Card
  • Language: English
  • Parallel/Variety: Red Refractor
  • Original/Reprint: Original
  • Manufacturer: Bowman
  • Features: Parallel/Variety, Serial Numbered, Short Print
  • Team: Chicago White Sox
  • Card Number: 78
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
  • Season: 2017

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