My Take
Albert Abreu is one of those arms that makes you lean forward every time he takes the mound — a hard-throwing right-hander out of Guayubín in the Dominican Republic who's bounced through the Yankees, Rangers, and Royals organizations and shown flashes of genuinely nasty stuff. The velocity is real, the movement is real, and when everything clicks he looks like a legitimate late-inning weapon. What's fascinating is that he eventually made his way to Nippon Professional Baseball — first the Saitama Seibu Lions and then the Chunichi Dragons — which feels like a smart reset move for a guy still figuring out command. I'm rooting for him to put it all together in Japan, because the raw talent has never been in question.
Overview
Albert Emmanuel Abreu Díaz (born September 26, 1995) is a Dominican professional baseball pitcher who plays for the Chunichi Dragons of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB). He has previously played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the New York Yankees, Texas Rangers, and Kansas City Royals, and in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) for the Saitama Seibu Lions.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Albert Abreu
- Name (Japanese)
- アルベルト・アブレイユ
- Reading
- あるべると・あぶれいゆ
- Born
- September 26, 1995 (age 30)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Libra / Boar
- Origin
- Guayubín, Monte Cristi Province, Dominican Republic
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- professional baseball player
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.