By Lucas Leon
José Abreu is one of the most influential Cuban players in Major League Baseball during the last decade. A player who has had the opportunity to be the Most Valuable Player in the 2020 campaign and Rookie of the Year in 2014, a season in which the Boston Red Sox tried to gain his services and in the franchise they think they should try to sign the Cuban star again.
John Tomase en Sports Boston reported that both the CEO, Chaim Bloom, and Alex Cora; General Manager, they think that Abreu fits perfectly in the specificities of the first baseman that the team needs. In Boston they are looking for a right-handed hitter to defend the first, as well as a strong player who can replace the Cuban American JD Martínez who will enter free agency.
Abreu, who signed in 2014 for 68 million and 6 years with the White Soxthen agreed for 3 seasons and 50 million, in 2019, a contract that has just ended with Chicago.
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As has already been reported, the White Sox are not interested in signing the 79th, this was their weakest season statistically speaking in terms of home runs with only 15 and Chicago believes that releasing the West Indian will help the team and free up an important salary mass for go to Free Agency and bring in a younger first baseman.
At 35 years old, it can be said that his ascent curve has already ended and his results must go down, as demonstrated by his worst historical accumulated home runs (he gave only 15 in 2022) but, optimism aside, there are already several players who with advanced age stand out in the best baseball in the world.
For Abreu it may be the last chance to win a ring and close a dream career in the best baseball in the world.
