Red Sox Projecting Confident Message About Wilyer Abreu's Hot Start

Boston Red Sox outfielder Wilyer Abreu Wilyer Abreu's big weekend for the Boston Red Sox was a familiar sight in many regards. Abreu's two home runs for Boston were only his third and fourth biggest of the month, following his two bombs in elimination games for Team Venezuela in the World Baseball Classic. He also hit two home runs in the Boston opener last season against the Texas Rangers, propelling him to a hot start that eventually cooled down a few weeks in.

If you like our content, choose Baseball Now as a preferred source on Google. Something about this year seems different, though. The Red Sox's messaging about Abreu has been that a true breakout is forthcoming, and this weekend's at-bats did nothing to slow that momentum.

He went 6-for-13 against Cincinnati Reds pitching in the opening series, driving in the team's three most recent runs on a pair of long balls. Manager Alex Cora, who has pledged to give Abreu a chance to prove himself against left-handed pitchers after platooning him in his first two seasons, delivered a confident message about the 26-year-old's chances to sustain his hot start after the series finale against Cincinnati. “He’s looked this way before, and then he was able to come out of the gate swinging the bat well.

But I think this is sustainable,”Cora said, per Ian Browne of MLB. com. “He has a good knowledge of his swing and what the opposition is trying to do.