Full name is Wilyer David Abreu...Rooted for the Rockies growing up in Venezuela, as he and former Rockies All-Star Carlos González share their hometown of Maracaibo...As part of the 2023 Red Sox Rookie Development Program, visited patients at Boston Children’s Hospital and hosted a Play Ball clinic with the Red Sox Foundation...Attended Red Sox Winter Weekend in Jan. 2024, signing autographs and posing for pictures with fans...In 2025, hosted teens from Hyde Street Task Force at a Jamaica Plain barbershop to build community among the Latin population and sponsor haircuts for the teens as they began their summer break.
2025
Made his second career Opening Day roster and started in right field for the Sox on March 27 at TEX...Played in 104 games and 837.1 innings in right field during 2025, making 95 starts...Among right fielders with at least 800.0 innings played, ranked tied for second in the Majors in defensive runs saved (15) with Fernando Tatis Jr., behind Adolis García (16 DRS)...Led the AL in outs above average in right field (eight), ranking tied for second in the Majors with Tatis Jr., behind Corbin Carroll (nine OAA)...Recorded seven outfield assists, ranking third on the team behind Ceddanne Rafaela (eight) and Jarren Duran (10)...Finished tied for eighth in the AL in outfield assists and ranked second in the AL in assists in right field behind just TOR’s Addison Barger (nine)...Saw 21 of his 22 home runs come against right-handed pitchers...Hit .250 (78-for-312) vs. RHP with 59 RBI and .230 (14-for-61) against LHP with 10 RBI...Had two stints on the injured list in 2025, missing nine games from June 9-20 with a left oblique strain and 30 games from Aug. 18-Sept. 20 with a right calf strain...Posted a 1.492 OPS through his first 10 games of the year, second-best in Red Sox history behind only Babe Ruth’s 1.574 OPS in 1918...Hit five HR over an eight-game span from May 4-12, his most in any eight-game span of his career...Set a career high with five RBI on June 30 vs. CIN...Hit an inside-the-park home run in the fifth inning and a grand slam in the eighth, both the first of his career...Became the sixth player ever to hit an inside-the-park home run and a grand slam (separately) in the same game...Also became the eighth Red Sox player with an inside-the-park HR and conventional HR in the same game (previous: Pokey Reese on May 8, 2004 vs. KC)...On June 30 vs. CIN, hit one of the two inside-the-park home runs for Boston in 2025 (Jarren Duran hit the second on Aug. 31 vs. PIT)...Abreu’s was the Red Sox’ first since Eduardo Núñez on March 29, 2018 at TB and first at Fenway Park since Jacoby Ellsbury on Sept. 11, 2011 vs. BAL-G2...Made his postseason debut, playing all three games of the Wild Card Series at NYY (0-for-5, three SO)...Went 3-for-3 with a three-run HR, solo HR, single, and a walk on Opening Day, March 27 at TEX...Became the first Red Sox player to hit multiple HR on Opening Day since Dustin Pedroia and Hanley Ramirez (2015), and he joined Carlton Fisk (1973) as the only Red Sox in franchise history to do so and reach base four-plus times...Also became the first player in MLB history (since RBI became a stat in 1920) to reach base in all of his plate appearances, record four-plus RBI, score or drive in all his team’s runs, hit a game-tying HR and hit a go-ahead HR in the ninth or later in a single game (source: OptaSTATS)...Reached base in his first seven plate appearances to begin the season (ending with his final PA on March 28 at TEX), which tied a franchise record in the Expansion Era (since 1961) with Christian Vazquez (2017) and Ted Cox (1977) (source: Elias)...Recorded his first career walk-off RBI in the 10th inning on April 6-G1 vs. STL (single), then hit an RBI single and a two-run double in Game 2...In his first 10 games, reached base 22 times and logged three HR, 12 RBI and eight walks...Became the third Red Sox player all-time to reach base 20+ times with three-plus HR, 12+ RBI and eight-plus walks within the team’s first 10 games of a season, joining Joe Cronin (1941) and Jimmie Foxx (1940)...Went just 5-for-37 (.135 AVG) with a .189 SLG from April 7-19 (three R, two 2B, six BB, SB)...Homered in consecutive games (with a PA) on April 26- G1 at CLE and April 29 at TOR, doing so for the second time in his career (also Aug. 14-15, 2024)...Logged 13 RBI in 15 games from April 20-May 7, the second-most on the team in that span behind Alex Bregman (14)...Had three-RBI games on April 20, April 26-G1, April 29 and May 7 (four games with three RBI in a 15-game span)...Hit a game-tying solo HR in the fourth inning on May 7 vs. TEX, a game-tying RBI double in the sixth and a solo HR in the eighth...Was his first career game with three extra-base hits and his third career multi-HR game (second of 2025), all vs. TEX...Recorded 10 HR, 26 RBI and 22 BB through his first 40 games of the season with a plate appearance...Became the first Red Sox to log 10+ HR, 25+ RBI and 20+ BB in their first 40 games since J.D. Martinez in 2021 (10 HR, 33 RBI, 20 BB)...On May 14 at DET, combined with CF Ceddanne Rafaela for the first assist between Red Sox outfielders in at least the last 35 years (Source: Elias)...In the seventh inning, DET’s Kerry Carpenter hit a ball just over the right center field wall...Abreu pulled the ball back from the wall, and Rafaela caught it for MLB’s first 9-8 putout since Sept. .14, 2003 (MIN’s Michael Ryan lost the ball in the sun, it hit off his head, and Dustan Mohr caught it)...Batted .333 (13-for-39) with five HR and six RBI in nine games from May 4-13, then .151 (8-for-53) in 17 games from May 14-June 3 with two HR and two RBI...Placed on the 10-day IL with a left oblique strain on June 9...Began a rehab assignment with Triple-A Worcester on June 17...Played in two games for WOR on June 17 and 18...Was reinstated from the 10-day IL on June 20...Logged four RBI on June 28 vs. TOR for his fifth career game with four-plus RBI (last: four RBI on March 27, 2025 at TEX)...Set a career high with five RBI on June 30 vs. CIN and recorded his fourth career multi-HR game...Hit an inside-the-park HR in the fifth and a grand slam in the eighth, the first of his career...Became the sixth player in MLB history to record both a grand slam and an inside-the-park HR in the same game, as two separate HR...His inside-the-park HR was the Red Sox’ first since Eduardo Núñez on March 29, 2018 at TB and the first at Fenway Park since Jacoby Ellsbury on Sept. 19, 2011 vs. BAL-G2...Recorded nine RBI from June 28-30, his most in any career three-game span...Hit .327 (16-for-49) with a .998 OPS, three 2B, four HR, 19 RBI and 10 runs in 15 games after being reinstated from the IL, from June 20-July 7...Hit just .188 (9-for-48) from July 9 through the rest of July with two 2B, three HR, seven RBI and six runs...Struck out 16 times in those 15 games...Had a season-high-tying six-game RBI streak from July 29-Aug. 5 (also June 30-July 9)...Trailed just his career-long eight-game RBI streak from April 18-27, 2024...Logged multi-hit efforts in six of 12 games from Aug. 4-17, posting a .932 OPS and batting .310 (13-for-42) with three 2B, two HR, 10 RBI, six runs and seven walks in that time...Placed on the 10-day IL for the second time of 2025 on Aug. 21 (retro to Aug. 18) with a right calf strain...Reinstated from the IL on Sept. 21 and played that night at TB, going 0-for-4 with four strikeouts (his first career four-SO game)...Appeared in all seven of the Red Sox’ final seven games from Sept. 21-28, making six starts...Hit just .143 (3-for-21) with a double and walk in the final seven games to end the season, and he was hitless with RISP in his last five games from Sept. 21-28 (0-for-9)...Recorded a game-ending 9-3 putout on Sept. 24 at TOR...With two outs in the ninth and a runner on first, Alejandro Kirk hit a one-hopper to Abreu in RF...It was the first 9-3 groundout to end a game in at least the last 35 seasons for any team (Source: Elias).
2024
Made his first Opening Day roster...Led 2024 MLB rookies in doubles (33), third most on the team (Duran-48, Devers-34)...Led qualified 2024 AL rookies in SLG (.459) and ranked second in OPS (.781) and XBH (50), T-3rd in HR (15), fourth in AVG (.253) and OBP (.322), and fifth in RBI (58) and runs scored (59)...Recorded 20 go-ahead RBI, tied with Tyler O’Neill for second most on the team (First: Rafael Devers, 21)...Led the Majors with 17 defensive runs saved in RF...Tied for the ML lead with nine assists in RF. Ranked in MLB’s 98th percentile in arm strength (94.8 mph)...Also ranked in the 95th percentile in fielding arm value (three), 91st in outs above average (seven) and 90th in fielding run value (nine).
2023
Made his MLB debut, appearing in 28 games in August and September...Started 11 games in CF and eight in LF...Also played in three games in RF...Played 86 games for Triple-A Worcester, making 35 starts in LF, 27 in RF, 15 in CF and eight at DH...Was named an International League All-Star, the first WooSox player to achieve the honor...After making his MLB debut on 8/22, ranked 7th in AVG (.316) and ninth in OBP (.388) among qualified rookies the rest of the season...Also ranked seventh among AL rookies with an .862 OPS...Twice reached base five-plus times in a game and was the only 2023 rookie to reach six times in a game (see box on right).
2022
Spent the season at the Double-A level between the HOU (Corpus Christi) and BOS (Portland) organizations...Hit .247 (113-for-457) with 106 runs scored, 29 2B, 19 HR, 73 RBI, 114 BB and a .834 OPS in 129 games...Set career highs in games, runs, hits, doubles, HR, RBI, walks, stolen bases (31) and OBP (.399)...Ranked second among all minor leaguers with 114 BB and fifth with 106 runs scored...Was 31-for-34 (91.2%) in stolen base attempts...Reached base safely in 23 consecutive games from 5/13-6/9 (.456 OBP, 25-for-87, 27 BB)...Hit a season-high two HR on 7/31 at Amarillo, his third career multi-HR game (did so twice in 2021 with High-A Asheville)...Acquired by BOS on 8/1...Was ranked as HOU’s No. 21 prospect by Baseball America at the time of his acquisition...Reached base safely in 34 of his 40 games with the Sea Dogs, reaching via walk multiple times in 11 games.
