8 players on Yankees 40-man roster who don't deserve a role in 2024
Very fine people. Shouldn't be Yankees. And the number is larger than you think.
By Adam Weinrib
Albert Abreu, RHP
The Yankees are so addicted to both Albert Abreu and Being Right that they went out of their way to bring the right-hander back last summer after they dealt him away in the Jose Trevino trade. When that occurred, there was plenty of chatter, most of it involving the word "unlocked/unlock/unlocking." Imagine what Abreu -- who'd just been in the Yankees' system for years -- could do in the Yankees' system, typed a bunch of pretentious, never-wrong number crunchers.
Well ... what more do you need to see? Abreu's a 4.50+ ERA guy with tantalizing stuff. He can occasionally enter and convert a save, leaving you surprised and appreciative. He can usually leave his 99 MPH fastballs middle-middle, allowing hard contact for days. He has a 1.47 WHIP, at the moment, and has allowed 10 earned runs and walked 9 in his past 7 outings, totaling 11.1 innings.
Albert Abreu is not a good pitcher. You can harbor him in your system for only so long. The Yankees can do better.