Purple Sox name up High-20 prospect Wilyer Abreu

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Outfielder Jarren Duran will probably be headed to the injured checklist.

The Boston Purple Sox are reportedly calling up outfield prospect Wilyer Abreu, per SportsMedia’s Augusto Cárdenas and MassLive’s Christopher Smith.

Abreu will virtually definitely take the roster spot of outfielder Jarren Duran, who will transfer to the 10-day IL with a left toe contusion, per The Boston Globe‘s Julian McWilliams. Duran injured his toe throughout the sixth inning of Sunday’s sport towards the New York Yankees after trying to climb a wall to catch a house run from Yankees second baseman Gleyber Torres.

Regardless of a number of reviews claiming that Abreu will obtain his first invitation to the massive leagues, Purple Sox supervisor Alex Cora wouldn’t verify the choice to ship Duran to the IL.

“We’re speaking about it,” Cora informed reporters after Monday’s sport, per Smith. “Jarren goes to get an MRI tomorrow, see the place we’re at after which we’ll determine what we do.”

This promotion couldn’t come at a greater time for Abreu, the Purple Sox’ No. 17 prospect in response to MLB Pipeline. Abreu is in the midst of an unbelievable month, going .424/.528/.949 with 9 residence runs and 29 RBIs in August. He had been so dominant over the previous few weeks that he was named the Worldwide League Participant of the Week for the week of August 7-13.

Abreu takes pleasure in his season and the award he received final week, and stated they’re the results of laborious work and perseverance.

“When you work laborious and also you deal with the issues that you simply’re doing,” Abreu informed Boston.com, “I feel you will get one thing like this.”

Abreu may make his main league debut towards his former group, the Houston Astros, on Tuesday at 8:10 p.m.