Jose Abreu hasn’t had a stretch like this in the major leagues, maybe ever.
The White Sox first baseman entered Friday night’s game against the Texas Rangers hitting .190 with a .646 OPS, cringe-worthy numbers for a guy who’s made a living mashing baseballs since arriving in the United Stated two and a half years ago. It’s hard to find a stretch nearly this bad in his major league game log; his slumps are often shorter than and not as pronounced as this 16-game malaise.
There was a 26-game stretch from April 26 through May 26 of 2015 that’s probably the worst he’s had, in which he hit .