Colorado Rockies: making the case for acquiring Jose Abreu

Jose Abreu has spent four seasons in the Major Leagues. In 2014, his first season in the Majors, he played in 145 games with 80 runs, 176 hits, 35 doubles, 36 home runs, 107 RBI, a .317 batting average, a .383 on-base percentage, a .581 slugging percentage (which led the American League), and a 173 OPS+ (which also led the AL). He was an All-Star, won the Rookie of the Year award for the American League, won the Silver Slugger Award for American League first baseman, and came in fourth in AL MVP voting.

In 2015, in 154 games, he had 88 runs, 178 hits, 34 doubles, 30 homers, 101 RBI, a .290/.347/.502 slashline, and a 135 OPS+.

In 2016, he played in 159 games and had 67 runs, 183 hits, 32 doubles, 25 home runs, 100 RBI, a .293/.353/.468, and an OPS+ of 124.

Last season, Abreu played in 154 games with 95 runs (career high), 189 hits (career high), 43 doubles (career high), 33 home runs, 102 RBI, a .304/.354/.552 slashline, and an OPS+ of 140.

If you are keeping track, in each and every season, he has played in 145 or more games with a minimum of 25 home runs, 100 RBI, a .290 batting average, a .347 on-base percentage, a .468 slugging percentage, and an OPS+ of 124. If he were to play half of his games in Coors Field, you can reasonably assume that these numbers will go up significantly.

Just in the very small sample size of six games in Coors Field in his career, he has a .391/.462/.826 slashline with three runs, nine hits including two doubles, two home runs, and a triple. He also had five RBI and two walks. Compared to his regular stats, he has done 86 percent better in those games at Coors (186 tOPS+).