Astros, first baseman José Abreu agree to contract

The Astros addressed their most urgent offseason need Monday by agreeing to a three-year contract with free-agent first baseman José Abreu, according to multiple people with knowledge of the deal.

The contract is not finalized and is pending a physical. Exact financial terms of the deal were not immediately known, but multiple people with knowledge of the deal said it was expected to be around $60 million. The deal is for three years, tying the 35-year-old Abreu to the Astros through 2025. Abreu spent the first nine seasons of his career with the Chicago White Sox, winning American League Rookie of the Year honors in 2014 and MVP during the truncated 2020 season. He figures to be Houston’s everyday first baseman and hit in the middle of a suddenly lengthened lineup.

Abreu affords a menacing righthanded presence atop Houston’s order, pairing well with the Astros’ two established, lefthanded power threats — Yordan Alvarez and Kyle Tucker. Abreu struck 243 home runs with the White Sox and boasts a career .506 slugging percentage. He’s hit 30 home runs in five of his eight 162-game seasons.

Abreu sacrificed some of that power last season, but still carries an ideal profile for Houston’s contact-centric offensive approach. Though Abreu hit just 15 home runs last year, he finished the season batting .304 with a .378 on-base percentage. Both were his highest figures since 2014. Abreu also shaved his strikeout rate to 16.2 percent, the lowest of his nine-year career.

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