One day after suggesting the White Sox don't have the Royals' desire to win, Jose Abreu softened his critique, saying he was talking about himself.
"What we talked about yesterday was about me," Abreu said through a team interpreter. "I don't have anything more to add. That's it."
Sox manager Robin Ventura met with Abreu after the comments were published and said he doesn't think the first baseman was calling out his teammates but rather addressing the overall challenges of grinding through another losing season.
At least one of Abreu's teammates took no exception with what he originally said.