[2] On August 1, 2022, the Astros traded Abreu and Enmanuel Valdez to the Boston Red Sox for Christian Vázquez.

[3] On November 15, 2022, the Red Sox added Abreu to their 40-man roster to protect him from the Rule 5 draft.

[4] In 2022, he played for the Scottsdale Scorpions in the Arizona Fall League and posted a .167/.275/.204 slash line with 18 strikeouts in 54 at bats.

[5] In a spring training game in early March 2023, Abreu suffered a left hamstring strain while running out a base hit against the Miami Marlins, following which Red Sox manager Alex Cora said he “will be out for a while.”[6] On March 11, he was optioned to the Triple-A Worcester Red Sox.

[7] Abreu made his major-league debut that evening, in a game against the Houston Astros, and recorded his first MLB hit.