CHICAGO – Perhaps Jose Abreu was using his day off Thursday to ponder the impressive milestone that lies ahead.
Not quite a full two years into his major league career, Abreu has established himself not only as one of the best right-handed power hitters in the game, but one of the better hitters period.
With 29 home runs and 93 RBIs in 2015, he is closing in on his second consecutive 30/100 season. It is such rarefied air that only one other major leaguer has hit those plateaus in his first two seasons: Albert Pujols, then playing for the St.