{"id":346716,"date":"2026-06-23T06:53:13","date_gmt":"2026-06-23T06:53:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/346716\/"},"modified":"2026-06-23T06:53:13","modified_gmt":"2026-06-23T06:53:13","slug":"houston-astros-place-reliever-bryan-abreu-on-restricted-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/346716\/","title":{"rendered":"Houston Astros place reliever Bryan Abreu on restricted list"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>TORONTO\u00a0\u2014 The\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.houstonchronicle.com\/sports\/astros\/\" data-link=\"native\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"https:\/\/www.houstonchronicle.com\/sports\/astros\/\" class=\"\">Houston Astros<\/a>\u00a0placed reliever\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.houstonchronicle.com\/sports\/astros\/article\/bryan-abreu-improvement-leverage-relief-22262419.php\" data-link=\"native\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"https:\/\/www.houstonchronicle.com\/sports\/astros\/article\/bryan-abreu-improvement-leverage-relief-22262419.php\" class=\"\">Bryan Abreu<\/a>\u00a0on the restricted list prior to Monday\u2019s series opener against the Toronto Blue Jays at the Rogers Centre.<\/p>\n<p>Manager Joe Espada said Abreu was tending to a \u201cpersonal matter\u201d and did not offer more specifics, including whether Abreu could rejoin the Astros during their next series in Detroit.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re giving Abreu some time for him to take care of his personal matter,\u201d Espada said.<\/p>\n<p>MLB\u2019s restricted list is for players who are under contract but unavailable to play, which can be for numerous reasons. There is no minimum or maximum duration for a stint on the restricted list, during which the player is not on his team\u2019s 40-man roster.<\/p>\n<p>Abreu last pitched\u00a0 Saturday against the Guardians at home. The right-hander has a 6.39 ERA in 29 relief outings this season.<\/p>\n<p>Reliever Logan VanWey was recalled from Triple-A Sugar Land to replace Abreu on the active roster. This is VanWey\u2019s third separate call-up this season. The right-hander has made three appearances for the Astros without allowing a run.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"TORONTO\u00a0\u2014 The\u00a0Houston Astros\u00a0placed reliever\u00a0Bryan Abreu\u00a0on the restricted list prior to Monday\u2019s series opener against the Toronto Blue Jays&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":346717,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[56,58,57],"class_list":["post-346716","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-houston","tag-houston","tag-houston-headlines","tag-houston-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/346716","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=346716"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/346716\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/346717"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=346716"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=346716"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=346716"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}