Albert Abreu will miss start of Spring Training after appendix surgery

(Jennifer Stewart/Getty)Pitching prospect Albert Abreu will miss the start of Spring Training after having appendix surgery yesterday, reports Brendan Kuty. He’ll be released from the hospital tomorrow and the hope is he can resume working out in two weeks. “Regardless, it’s going to push him back,” said Brian Cashman.

Abreu, 22, came over from the Astros in the Brian McCann trade and is arguably the best right-handed pitching prospect in the farm system. FanGraphs (No. 59), MLB.com (No. 74), Baseball America (No. 77), Keith Law (No. 99), and Baseball Prospectus (No. 100) all had him on their recent top 100 prospect lists. Here’s a snippet of MLB.com’s scouting report:

When Abreu is at his…