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Jose Abreu Promised He Isn’t Going Anywhere

So, it looks like Jose Abreu went right to the the Chicago White Sox owner, Jerry Reinsdorf, about staying in Chicago.

by
BuzzOnTap
August 22, 2019

So, it looks like Jose Abreu went right to the Chicago White Sox owner, Jerry Reinsdorf, about staying in Chicago. It’s been no secret all year that Jose wants to be part of this South Side team for years to come.

Back page for Thursday. Our @CST_soxvan reports on Jose Abreu's assurance from owner Jerry Reinsdorf that he will not "wear a jersey other than a White Sox jersey." https://t.co/WEfPsNrCLr pic.twitter.com/CpJSzTuejy
— Sun-Times Sports (@suntimes_sports) August 22, 2019

The fact Jose went to the media with this cannot sit well with GM Rick Hahn. It seems like he may have gone over his head and used this promise as leverage. We all know here that Jerry is a loyal guy, sometimes to a fault. But Abreu has been a model of consistency since his White Sox career began in 2014.

Standard Batting
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
2014	27	CHW	AL	145	622	556	80	176	35	2	36	107	3	1	51	131	.317	.383	*.581*	.964	*173*	323	14	11	4	15	*3D	AS,MVP-4,RoY-1,SS
2015	28	CHW	AL	154	668	613	88	178	34	3	30	101	0	0	39	140	.290	.347	.502	.850	135	308	16	15	1	11	*3D	MVP-21
2016	29	CHW	AL	159	695	624	67	183	32	1	25	100	0	2	47	125	.293	.353	.468	.820	124	292	21	15	9	7	*3/D
2017	30	CHW	AL	156	675	621	95	189	43	6	33	102	3	0	35	119	.304	.354	.552	.906	141	343	21	15	4	6	*3D	MVP-14
2018	31	CHW	AL	128	553	499	68	132	36	1	22	78	2	0	37	109	.265	.325	.473	.798	117	236	14	11	6	7	*3D	AS,SS
2019	32	CHW	AL	125	541	503	64	139	28	0	28	96	2	2	26	119	.276	.316	.499	.815	113	251	18	6	6	3	*3D	AS
6 Yrs				867	3754	3416	462	997	208	13	174	584	10	5	235	743	.292	.348	.513	.861	134	1753	104	73	30	49
162 Game Avg.				162	701	638	86	186	39	2	33	109	2	1	44	139	.292	.348	.513	.861	134	328	19	14	6	9

Provided by Baseball-Reference.com: View Original Table
Generated 8/22/2019.

If Jose wants to be here, why not keep him? Andrew Vaughn will not be ready by 2020 and Zack Collins has struggled during his stints with the big league club. Rick Hahn surely doesn’t want to see Jose walk for nothing.. right? I’m assuming that’s why he didn’t trade him before the deadline.

One thing is for sure, Jose says Jerry made a promise. By telling the media, it truly puts the ball in the White Sox playing field. If they don’t re-sign him after this, it makes the franchise look unloyal to its players and I’m sure the White Sox don’t want to do that considering they want to draw in effective MLB players.

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