Abreu, Flaherty, France, Sandoval, Carpenter

Can Abreu stop the slide? … It took José Abreu (1B, HOU) almost two months to hit his first HR with the Astros and his power only slightly recovered from a dismal 2022. He struggled even more with a career-worst BA, punctuating a disappointing first year in Houston. At 37, can he rebound at all?

Year	PA	HR	BA	xBA	h%	bb%	ct%	GB/LD/FB	HctX	PX	xPX	HR/F	Brl%
2019	632	33	.288	.273	33	5%	75%	46/22/32	113	80	121	20%	13%
2020	240	19	.317	.294	35	7%	75%	44/23/32	126	110	164	32%	14%
2021	568	30	.261	.261	30	9%	74%	47/19/35	113	132	126	19%	10%
2022	603	14	.303	.258	35	9%	81%	48/20/31	125	110	91	9%	10%
2023	540	18	.237	.238	28	7%	75%	45/19/36	91	132	87	11%	9%

Between age and eroding skills, fantasy managers should temper hopes for a bounce back season:

• Abreu's 2022 contact rate spike was short-lived as ct% fell back to usual...

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