NEWS
7:08 PM - Jose Abreu (Hou) isn't in the Astros' lineup versus the Giants on Tuesday.
4:10 PM - Jose Abreu (Hou) is not in the lineup for Monday's contest against the Cardinals.
10:33 AM - Jose Abreu (Hou) went 1-for-3 with an RBI on Monday against the Mariners.
6:02 PM - Jose Abreu (Hou) Astros recalled Abreu from Triple-A Sugar Land on Monday, Brian McTaggart of MLB.com reports.
3:22 PM - Jose Abreu (Hou) manager Joe Espada said Sunday that Abreu will return to the team Monday, Matt Kawahara of the Houston Chronicle reports.
12:19 PM - Jose Abreu (Hou) manager Joe Espada said Wednesday that Abreu will play for the Florida Complex League on Wednesday and Thursday before reporting to Triple-A Sugar Land this weekend, Chandler Rome of The Athletic reports.
4:23 PM - Jose Abreu (Hou) GM Dana Brown said Sunday that Abreu could join the team Friday in Oakland, Chandler Rome of The Athletic reports.
1:56 PM - Jose Abreu (Hou) manager Joe Espada said in an interview with Sports Talk 790 on Tuesday that there is "no timetable" for Abreu's return to the major-league team, Chandler Rome of The Athletic reports.
4:15 PM - Jose Abreu (Hou) GM Dana Brown said Tuesday that Abreu is not with the MLB club and will be optioned to the FCL on Wednesday, Chandler Rome of The Athletic reports.
5:24 PM - Jose Abreu (Hou) is starting at first base and batting eighth in Saturday's contest against the Rockies in Mexico City.
12:45 PM - Jose Abreu (Hou) is out of the lineup for Thursday's game against the Cubs.
6:23 PM - Jose Abreu (Hou) is out of the lineup for Wednesday's game against the Cubs.
6:29 PM - Jose Abreu (Hou) is not in the lineup for Tuesday's game against Atlanta, Matt Kawahara of the Houston Chronicle reports.
5:36 PM - Jose Abreu (Hou) isn't in the Astros' lineup for Friday's game against the Rangers, Brian McTaggart of MLB.com reports.
11:30 AM - Jose Abreu (Hou) is not in the lineup for Thursday's contest in Kansas City, Chandler Rome of The Athletic reports..
4:29 PM - Jose Abreu (Hou) is out of the lineup for Sunday's matchup against the Rangers, Brian McTaggart of MLB.com reports.
4:16 PM - Jose Abreu (Hou) is out of the lineup for Wednesday's game against the Blue Jays, Matt Kawahara of the Houston Chronicle reports.
4:15 PM - Jose Abreu (Hou) (hand) will start at first base and bat sixth in Monday's game versus the Blue Jays, Matt Kawahara of the Houston Chronicle reports.
1:12 PM - Jose Abreu (Hou) is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Yankees due to hand soreness, Chandler Rome of The Athletic reports.
12:19 PM - Jose Abreu (Hou) is out of the lineup Sunday versus the Yankees.
10:07 AM - Jose Abreu (Hou) (knee) is batting fifth as the designated hitter in Sunday's Grapefruit League game against the Cardinals, Matt Kawahara of the Houston Chronicle reports.
4:01 PM - Jose Abreu (Hou) (knee) will go through full workouts Friday and Saturday with the goal of starting at designated hitter in Sunday's Grapefruit League game against the Phillies, Brian McTaggart of MLB.comreports.
10:30 AM - Jose Abreu (Hou) (knee) could return to Grapefruit League action as soon as Wednesday or Thursday, Matt Kawahara of the Houston Chronicle reports.
9:34 AM - Jose Abreu (Hou) reported soreness in his right knee following Thursday's spring training game against the Cardinals, Matt Kawahara of the Houston Chronicle reports.
2:08 PM - Jose Abreu (Hou) went 2-for-4 with a solo home run, a double and a walk Monday against the Orioles.
10:14 AM - Jose Abreu (Hou) went 2-for-4 with a solo home run in Friday's 4-2 loss to the Royals.
3:03 PM - Jose Abreu (Hou) is not in the lineup for Wednesday's contest against the Athletics, Chandler Rome of The Athletic reports.
1:36 PM - Jose Abreu (Hou) is out of the lineup for Wednesday's game against the Red Sox.
9:39 AM - Jose Abreu (Hou) went 2-for-4 with a solo home run, two RBI and two walks Monday against the Red Sox.
1:08 PM - Jose Abreu (Hou) is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Tigers.
11:13 AM - Jose Abreu (Hou) is not in the lineup for Thursday's game versus the Red Sox, Matt Kawahara of the Houston Chronicle reports.
3:50 PM - Jose Abreu (Hou) activated Abreu (back) from the 10-day injured list Wednesday. He'll start at first base and bat sixth in the Astros' game against the Red Sox.
5:37 PM - Jose Abreu (Hou) Dusty Baker said Tuesday that the Astros hope to activate Abreu (back) from the injured list by Thursday, Brian McTaggart of MLB.com reports.
5:21 PM - Jose Abreu (Hou) manager Dusty Baker said Friday that Abreu (back) has yet to resume swinging a bat, Chandler Rome of The Athletic reports.
3:55 PM - Jose Abreu (Hou) was placed on the 10-day injured list with lower-back inflammation Saturday, Chandler Rome of The Athletic reports.
4:17 PM - Jose Abreu (Hou) (back) remains out of the lineup Friday versus the Angels.
11:25 AM - Jose Abreu (Hou) is absent from the Astros' lineup Thursday in Baltimore because of lower-back discomfort, Joe Trezza of MLB.com reports.
10:19 AM - Jose Abreu (Hou) is not in the lineup for Thursday's game in Baltimore, Matt Kawahara of the Houston Chronicle reports.
10:24 AM - Jose Abreu (Hou) is not in Saturday's lineup against the Yankees.
12:43 PM - Jose Abreu (Hou) went 3-for-4 with a walk an RBI and a run scored Friday against the Angels.
7:16 PM - Jose Abreu (Hou) went 2-for-5 with a double, a home run, four RBI and an additional run scored in Monday's 12-11 victory over Texas.
6:09 PM - Jose Abreu (Hou) went 3-for-5 with a double and a run scored in Sunday's 5-3 win over the Rangers.
11:08 AM - Jose Abreu (Hou) went 2-for-4 with a two-run home run and an additional RBI in Wednesday's victory over the Cardinals.
6:51 PM - Jose Abreu (Hou) isn't in the Astros' lineup Friday against the Dodgers, Matt Kawahara of the San Francisco Chronicle reports.
12:29 PM - Jose Abreu (Hou) is out of the lineup for Wednesday's game against the Mets.
11:21 AM - Jose Abreu (Hou) went 1-for-3 with a walk, a double and a run scored Friday against the Reds.
3:01 AM - Jose Abreu (Hou) went 2-for-5 with a two-run home run and an additional RBI in Saturday's 6-4 victory versus Cleveland.
9:07 AM - Jose Abreu (Hou) went 2-for-7 with a three-run home run in Friday's 10-9 extra-innings loss to the Guardians.
12:04 PM - Jose Abreu (Hou) is not in the starting lineup versus the Angels on Sunday, Danielle Lerner of the Houston Chronicle reports.
1:31 PM - Jose Abreu (Hou) is not in the starting lineup Wednesday against the Angels, Chandler Rome of The Athletic reports.
2:21 PM - Jose Abreu (Hou) went 1-for-4 with two RBI on Monday against the Giants.
4:35 PM - Jose Abreu (Hou) has been moved down to sixth in the lineup, at least against righties, Brian McTaggart of MLB.com reports.
11:05 AM - Jose Abreu (Hou) went 1-for-4 with a double, an RBI and a run scored Tuesday against the Rays.
9:03 AM - Jose Abreu (Hou) went 1-for-4 with a double, two RBI and a run scored Monday against the Blue Jays.
9:41 AM - Jose Abreu (Hou) went 1-for-5 with three strikeouts Tuesday against the Pirates.
2:04 PM - Jose Abreu (Hou) and the Astros agreed Monday on a three-year contract, Bob Nightengale of USA Today reports.
5:14 PM - Jose Abreu (CWS) isn't starting Saturday against the Padres.
11:11 AM - Jose Abreu (CWS) is not in Sunday's lineup against the Tigers.
3:06 PM - Jose Abreu (CWS) went 2-for-5 with two runs scored Tuesday against the Royals.
9:51 PM - Jose Abreu (CWS) went 3-for-3 with two runs scored and two walks in Monday's 6-4 loss to the Royals.
3:01 AM - Jose Abreu (CWS) went 2-for-4 with an RBI on Friday against the Guardians.
7:53 AM - Jose Abreu (CWS) went 2-for-4 with a three-run home run in Wednesday's 4-1 victory over the Royals.
7:53 AM - Jose Abreu (CWS) went 2-for-4 with a three-run home run in Wednesday's 4-1 victory over the Royals.
11:52 PM - Jose Abreu (CWS) went 2-for-5 with a home run, three RBI and two runs scored in Tuesday's 9-2 win over the Royals.
11:52 PM - Jose Abreu (CWS) went 2-for-5 with a home run, three RBI and two runs scored in Tuesday's 9-2 win over the Royals.
10:18 AM - Jose Abreu (CWS) went 2-for-3 with two RBI and a run scored Thursday against the Twins.
1:08 PM - Jose Abreu (CWS) went 2-for-4 with a double and two RBI in Saturday's 8-0 win over the Tigers.
9:52 AM - Jose Abreu (CWS) went 4-for-4 Wednesday against the Angels.
11:27 AM - Jose Abreu (CWS) (leg) is starting Wednesday's game against the Blue Jays.
11:03 AM - Jose Abreu (CWS) went 1-for-4 with a double, a walk and two RBI on Saturday against Houston.
11:22 AM - Jose Abreu (CWS) went 4-for-5 with a walk, two doubles, two RBI and three runs scored Wednesday against the Tigers.
11:35 PM - Jose Abreu (CWS) went 3-for-4 with a pair of home runs, four RBI and a walk in Monday's 9-5 win over the Tigers.
11:47 PM - Jose Abreu (CWS) went 2-for-4 with a solo home run in Friday's 6-3 loss to the Rays.
11:34 AM - Jose Abreu (CWS) went 2-for-4 with a two-run home run Wednesday against the Blue Jays.
10:20 AM - Jose Abreu (CWS) went 2-for-4 with a double, a walk and a run scored Thursday against Boston.
5:44 PM - Jose Abreu (CWS) went 1-for-5 with a three-run home run in Saturday's loss to the Yankees.
5:48 PM - Jose Abreu (CWS) is not in the lineup for Game 2 of Tuesday's doubleheader against the Royals, Daryl Van Schouwen of the Chicago Sun-Times reports.
10:24 AM - Jose Abreu (CWS) went 1-for-2 with a double and two RBI on Sunday against the Red Sox.
5:23 PM - Jose Abreu (CWS) is out of the lineup for Game 2 of Tuesday's doubleheader against the Guardians.
10:23 AM - Jose Abreu (CWS) went 1-for-4 with a two-run home run Saturday against the Rays.
10:23 PM - Jose Abreu (CWS) went 2-for-4 with a double, two RBI, three runs scored and a walk in Sunday's 10-1 victory over Detroit.
11:02 AM - Jose Abreu (CWS) went 2-for-4 with a double and two runs scored Saturday in the White Sox's 5-2 win over the Tigers.
3:02 PM - Jose Abreu (CWS) (illness) is starting Game 1 of the ALDS against the Astros on Thursday, Scott Merkin of MLB.com reports.
3:21 PM - Jose Abreu (CWS) (illness) joined the White Sox in Houston ahead of the team's American League Divisional Series with the Astros, but he's uncertain to start in Game 1 on Thursday, James Fegan of The Athletic reports.
2:26 PM - Jose Abreu (CWS) absence from the lineup for the final game of the regular season Saturday against the Tigers was due to a non-COVID illness, James Fegan of The Athletic reports.
1:01 PM - Jose Abreu (CWS) is not in the lineup for Sunday's game against the Tigers.
5:25 PM - Jose Abreu (CWS) isn't starting the second game of Thursday's doubleheader against Cleveland, Vinnie Duber of NBC Sports Chicago reports.
12:16 PM - Jose Abreu (CWS) (soreness) will bat third and play first base Tuesday against the Tigers.
4:31 PM - Jose Abreu (CWS) Sox manager Tony La Russa said Abreu is being withheld from the lineup Monday against the Tigers because he has "sore spots all over," James Fegan of The Athletic reports.
3:15 PM - Jose Abreu (CWS) isn't in the lineup for Monday's game against the Tigers.
8:46 PM - Jose Abreu (CWS) went 2-for-4 with two RBI and one run scored in Sunday's 7-2 win over the Rangers.
2:12 PM - Jose Abreu (CWS) went 3-for-4 with a three-run home run and an additional RBI in Wednesday's 5-2 win over the Blue Jays.
3:33 AM - Jose Abreu (CWS) went 1-for-4 with a three-run home run Tuesday in a 9-0 win over the Athletics.
4:07 AM - Jose Abreu (CWS) went 2-for-4 with a solo home run and a double in Tuesday's loss to the Twins.
4:48 AM - Jose Abreu (CWS) went 1-for-4 with a solo home run in Wednesday's loss to the Royals.
8:24 AM - Jose Abreu (CWS) went 0-for-2 with a walk, was twice hit by pitches, and had an RBI in Friday's 6-4 win over Cleveland.
12:48 PM - Jose Abreu (CWS) isn't starting Thursday's game against the Royals due to neck stiffness, James Fegan of The Athletic reports.
7:44 AM - Jose Abreu (CWS) went 3-for-5 with a double, a triple, a home run, four RBI and two additional runs scored in Tuesday's 9-5 win over the Twins.
6:46 AM - Jose Abreu (CWS) went 1-for-3 with a solo home run in a 5-3 win over the Twins in the second game of Monday's doubleheader.
7:20 AM - Jose Abreu (CWS) went 1-for-3 with a three-run home run in Saturday's 10-1 win over the Astros.
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