Wilyer Abreu

Bats L Throws L5'10" 215 lbBorn 1999 Maracaibo, VenezuelaDebut 2023Team BOSContract 1 y/$810,000 (26) 2026: $810,000

Awards: Rawlings AL Gold Glove x2

Projections

2027 NEXT+ 120.1FIELD+ 108.1 at RFTotal 2.78 WAR

Season	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	ISO	wOBA	K%	BB%	HIT+	WAR
2026	395	348	86	18	1	17	42	98	6	0.246	0.328	0.449	0.777	0.203	0.335	24.7	10.6	109.6	1.70
2027	498	438	110	23	1	21	53	112	7	0.251	0.332	0.453	0.785	0.203	0.339	22.5	10.7	116.6	2.56

Projected rates are per plate appearance or batter faced; counting stats scale with projected playing time. Statcast measurements inform these projections as inputs and are reported as measurements, not projected.

Most similar through age 26

His ten closest age-26 comparables averaged 125 HIT+ the next season; 10 of 10 played. Averages cover only the players who got a next season, which is why the played count matters.

#	Player	Through	HIT+ then	Next season	Next PA / BF
1	Tommy Henrich	1939	117.8	144.8	346
2	Kirk Gibson	1983	114.4	141.0	611
3	Al Martin	1994	115.0	106.1	486
4	Bake McBride	1975	111.9	140.4	299
5	Harry Wolter	1911	121.0	175.4	43
6	Dan Pasqua	1988	110.7	110.6	277
7	Lars Nootbaar	2024	117.3	97.0	583
8	Paul O'Neill	1989	110.8	101.3	564
9	Sandy Amoros	1956	111.4	113.4	292
10	Jim Edmonds	1996	118.2	122.6	571

Batting

Year	Team	G	PA	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	HIT+
2027 proj			498		110	23	1	21		7	53	112	0.251	0.332	0.453	0.785	116.6
2026*	BOS	124	540	72	121	27	3	22		8	58	106	0.257	0.336	0.467	0.804	122.9
2025	BOS	115	417	53	92	17	0	22	69	6	40	101	0.247	0.317	0.469	0.786	113.1
2024	BOS	132	447	59	101	33	2	15	58	8	40	125	0.253	0.322	0.459	0.781	116.5
2023	BOS	28	85	10	24	6	0	2	14	3	9	23	0.316	0.388	0.474	0.862	134.4
Career		275	949	122	217	56	2	39	141	17	89	249	0.256	0.326	0.465	0.791	116.6

Statcast

Year	PA	EV	LA	Barrel%	HardHit%	Whiff%	Chase%	xBA	xSLG	xwOBA	Sprint
2026	540	89.9	18.9	12.9	44.2	24.5	30.2	0.261	0.489	0.357	28.1
2025	417	90.8	23.0	12.3	44.9	24.0	29.1	0.243	0.475	0.335	27.6
2024	447	91.6	19.2	11.2	50.5	29.6	28.1	0.229	0.433	0.324	27.5
2023	85	91.3	11.9	9.6	49.1	31.7	25.1	0.263	0.483	0.356	26.7

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%
2025	BOS	OF	104	847	215	7	5	3	0.978
2024	BOS	OF	131	960	222	9	7	2	0.971
2023	BOS	OF	27	169	40	2	1	1	0.977

Runs saved covers the Statcast era; for catchers it includes framing.

Minor leagues

Year	Level	Team	Side	PA / BF	Line	AVG / ERA	OPS
2023	AAA	Worcester Red Sox	Bat	363	22 HR, 8 SB	0.274	0.929
2022	AA	Corpus Christi Hooks	Bat	411	15 HR, 23 SB	0.249	0.858
2022	AA	Portland Sea Dogs	Bat	168	4 HR, 8 SB	0.242	0.774
2022	AA	nan	Bat	579	19 HR, 31 SB	0.247	0.834
2021	A+	Asheville Tourists	Bat	331	16 HR, 10 SB	0.268	0.858
2019	A	Quad Cities River Bandits	Bat	138	1 HR, 4 SB	0.270	0.740
2018	Rk	GCL Astros	Bat	160	0 HR, 8 SB	0.223	0.612
2017	Rk	DSL Astros Blue	Bat	138	0 HR, 7 SB	0.286	0.722

Splits

Year	vs LHP	vs RHP	Home	Away
2026	0.396	0.330	0.340	0.359
2025	0.298	0.341	0.309	0.358
2024	0.264	0.356	0.351	0.335
2023	0.180	0.411	0.423	0.349

wOBA by split, from pitch level data, 2015 on. For pitchers the split is the batter side faced.

Postseason batting

Year	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
2025	3	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000
Career	3	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000