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Wilyer Abreu
Venezuelan baseball player (born 1999) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Wilyer David Abreu (born June 24, 1999) is a Venezuelan professional baseball outfielder for the Boston Red Sox of Major League Baseball (MLB). He made his MLB debut in 2023.
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Houston Astros
On July 2, 2017, Abreu signed with the Houston Astros as an international free agent.[1] He made his professional debut that year with the Dominican Summer League Astros.[2] He advanced to Single–A in 2019, and Double-A in 2022.[2]
Boston Red Sox
On August 1, 2022, the Astros traded Abreu and Enmanuel Valdez to the Boston Red Sox for Christian Vázquez.[3] On November 15, 2022, the Red Sox added Abreu to their 40-man roster to protect him from the Rule 5 draft.[4]
In 2022, he played for the Scottsdale Scorpions in the Arizona Fall League and posted a .167/.275/.204 slash line with 18 strikeouts in 54 at bats.[5]
In a spring training game in early March 2023, Abreu suffered a left hamstring strain while running out a base hit against the Miami Marlins, following which Red Sox manager Alex Cora said he “will be out for a while.”[6] On March 11, he was optioned to the Triple-A Worcester Red Sox. On August 22, Abreu was promoted to the major leagues for the first time following an injury to Jarren Duran.[7] Abreu made his major-league debut that evening, in a game against the Houston Astros, and recorded his first MLB hit.[8] In late August, he spent time on the paternity list.[9] Overall, Abreu appeared in 28 major-league games, batting .316 with two home runs and 14 RBIs.[10] In 86 Triple-A games with Worcester, he batted .274 with 22 home runs and 65 RBIs.[2] He was also named to the post-season Triple-A all-star team.[11]
Abreu spent the 2024 season with Boston, appearing in 132 games including 106 starts in right field.[10] For the season, he batted .253 with 15 home runs and 58 RBIs.[10] Abreu was named the Fielding Bible Award winner among major-league right fielders,[12] and the Gold Glove Award winner at that position for the American League.[13]
Abreu hit two home runs on Opening Day in 2025, against the Texas Rangers.[14] He was the seventh player in Red Sox history to record a two-homer game on Opening Day.[15] Abreu hit two home runs on June 30, 2025 against the Cincinnati Reds. His first home run of the night was an inside-the-park home run, and the second was a grand slam home run, the first grand slam of his career. He is the sixth player to hit an inside-the-park home run and a grand slam (separately) in a game, and the first since Roger Maris in 1958.[16]
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Personal life
Abreu is married to Kelly Valera.[17] The couple's first child was born in August 2023.[9][18] During spring training in 2025, Abreu and Valera had twins.[19]
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