The Chicago White Sox are hopeful the reigning AL MVP, Jose Abreu, will be available to them in Game 1 of their division series against the Houston Astros on Thursday.
Abreu, 34, has been ill since the weekend and didn't travel with the team to Houston on Tuesday. He'll be a game day decision.
"He caught a bit of the flu," manager Tony La Russa said before a Wednesday workout at Minute Maid Park. "Got to the workout yesterday (in Chicago), and he had had a tough night with fever, and now we're all brimming with happiness and excitement because the fever broke.