B. Abreu, Correa, Flaherty, Altuve, Y. Diaz

Abreu takes over closing duties in Houston … Bryan Abreu (RHP, HOU) is the closer in Houston now that Josh Hader (LHP, HOU) is unlikely to return before the postseason. Does he have the skills to handle the job?

Year	IP	SV	HD	ERA/xERA	WHIP	S%	BB%	K%	K-BB%	SwK%	Vel	BPX
2021	36	1	7	5.75/4.49	1.47	61%	11%	22%	10%	13.7%	95.6	74
2022	60	2	8	1.95/2.72	1.18	84%	10%	35%	24%	19.3%	97.1	184
2023	72	5	24	1.75/3.29	1.04	88%	11%	34%	23%	17.0%	97.5	157
2024	78	1	38	3.10/3.39	1.16	78%	9%	31%	21%	14.6%	96.8	151
2025	55	1	25	1.64/3.03	1.05	87%	11%	36%	24%	18.6%	97.2	180

He does. When we checked in on Abreu during the preseason (here), we said, “His K%, K-BB%, SwK%, and BPX are consistent with the profile of a closer. He's been a premier setup man the last three seasons with BPXs exceeding 150 each year.” He has continued his...

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