Abreu is unfortunately no longer clearly part of the solution. Maybe, hopefully, he'll find a way to turn it around. Because if he doesn't, replacing Garcia isn't going to make a whit of difference.

Realistically he got off to a horrible start, and has trended back to his usual self over the last couple of months. Historically his worst two months with the White Sox are April and May. The last thing we need is another irrational panic about Abreu thread.

 

Here is his OPS by month this year:

 

April .657

May .711

June .885

July .807

 

OPS+ by month

 

April 82

May 94

June 131

July 114

 

Batting average by month

 

April .229

May .252

June .306

July .351

 

No offense, but when your second good month is an OPS barely above .800, that's a bit concerning. I'm not writing off Abreu by any means, but the dude needs to at least put 2015 type numbers or we are f***ed. We really haven't seen much of that player this year and until we do, there's nothing wrong with posters being worried.

No offense, but when your second good month is an OPS barely above .800, that's a bit concerning. I'm not writing off Abreu by any means, but the dude needs to at least put 2015 type numbers or we are f***ed. We really haven't seen much of that player this year and until we do, there's nothing wrong with posters being worried.

To be fair, the July OPS isn't quite relevant due to the small amount of games played

Bernstein: Jose Abreu’s Struggles Weigh On White Sox

 

 

Bernstein with an article today thinking the same thing. I know that Bernstein sucks and Abreu deserves a free pass or whatever, but the numbers don't lie. He's just a guy now, nothing special anymore.

Yeah. Our star 1b is now giving us the production we expected from 35 year old Adam LaRoche.

Yeah. Our star 1b is now giving us the production we expected from 35 year old Adam LaRoche.

 

 

Someone had to step up and take his place in the line up...