At the age of 27 in 2006, Michel Abreu lit up the AA in his first year in the minors. 2007, due to visa problems he wasn't here. And now Abreu will be part of the of the non-roster invitees to Spring Training.
First lets look at his stats. In the minors he played in 113 games where he had 406 AB, 134 H, 26 2B, 17 HR, 71 RBI, .330 BA, .402 OBP, .527 SLG.
He will be 29 this year, so a little old on the prospect side, but lets say for some reason we need him as a power bat off the bench,, he could be a possibility. If he does well after this year, he could be a trade chip, you never know with Spring Training who will turn out a hero and really fight for a spot. Carlos Delgado stands in his way. By that I mean Abreu has no shot at the starting job, and slim shot at best for the bench, but its always good to see excellence in the minors because that spells out security.
His actual date of birth was found to be October 27, 1975. So he's even older than first thought – 32.