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Boston Herald
Boston Herald
13 Mar 2025
Mac Cerullo


NextImg:Red Sox outfielder still confident he’ll be ready for Opening Day

FORT MYERS, Fla. — Wilyer Abreu is still waiting on the results of his latest lab tests, but the Red Sox outfielder says he feels 100% and is champing at the bit to get back on the field.

“I feel really good, I’ve been doing absolutely everything out there, things are going well,” Abreu told the Herald via interpreter Daveson Perez. “Like I said I’m just waiting for those results to come in so that I can get back out there.”

Abreu has been sidelined for the first month of spring training due to a viral gastrointestinal illness. The outfielder first fell ill in mid-February, and upon receiving the diagnosis was immediately shut down. Abreu said he started feeling better by the end of February, and for the past two weeks he has been working out and training to help make up for the lost time.

The Gold Glove winner underwent his latest round of tests earlier this week, and if those results come back clean he’ll be given the all clear to get back into game action. But with Opening Day now just two weeks away, Abreu won’t have much time to prepare for the season.

Still, Abreu believes he can be ready when the Red Sox open their season against the Texas Rangers in Arlington.

“Yeah, I think so. I still have time, I feel 100% right now,” Abreu said. “When I do get the ok to go back I’m going to try and get as many at bats as I can and take advantage of those, whether it’s with these guys up here or in some minor league games, so I’ll do both of those things and try to get back up to speed.”

Abreu is coming off a standout rookie season in which he became the first Red Sox rookie to win a Gold Glove since Fred Lynn in 1975. He finished sixth in the AL Rookie of the Year vote after batting .253 with 15 home runs, 58 RBI, a .781 OPS and 3.4 wins above replacement.