Albert Abreu reached the service time milestone on Wednesday that saw him exhaust his eligibility to be ranked as one of the Yankees’ top prospects by MLB.com. The hard-throwing right-hander has been riding the Scranton Shuttle this season and contributing to the Yankees with valuable innings that help protect a well-worked bullpen. Let’s take a look at how Abreu reached this point with the Yankees and where he is likely to go moving forward.
Following Gary Sanchez’s breakout performance in late 2016, the Yankees decided to move veteran catcher Brian McCann to the Houston Astros for a pair of right-handed pitchers, Albert Abreu and Jorge Guzmán.