6:23 PM - Jose Abreu (HOU) is out of the lineup for Wednesday's game against the Cubs.

6:29 PM - Jose Abreu (HOU) is not in the lineup for Tuesday's game against Atlanta, Matt Kawahara of the Houston Chronicle reports.

5:36 PM - Jose Abreu (HOU) isn't in the Astros' lineup for Friday's game against the Rangers, Brian McTaggart of MLB.com reports.

11:30 AM - Jose Abreu (HOU) is not in the lineup for Thursday's contest in Kansas City, Chandler Rome of The Athletic reports..

4:29 PM - Jose Abreu (HOU) is out of the lineup for Sunday's matchup against the Rangers, Brian McTaggart of MLB.com reports.

4:16 PM - Jose Abreu (HOU) is out of the lineup for Wednesday's game against the Blue Jays, Matt Kawahara of the Houston Chronicle reports.

4:15 PM - Jose Abreu (HOU) (hand) will start at first base and bat sixth in Monday's game versus the Blue Jays, Matt Kawahara of the Houston Chronicle reports.

1:12 PM - Jose Abreu (HOU) is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Yankees due to hand soreness, Chandler Rome of The Athletic reports.

12:19 PM - Jose Abreu (HOU) is out of the lineup Sunday versus the Yankees.

10:07 AM - Jose Abreu (HOU) (knee) is batting fifth as the designated hitter in Sunday's Grapefruit League game against the Cardinals, Matt Kawahara of the Houston Chronicle reports.

4:01 PM - Jose Abreu (HOU) (knee) will go through full workouts Friday and Saturday with the goal of starting at designated hitter in Sunday's Grapefruit League game against the Phillies, Brian McTaggart of MLB.comreports.

10:30 AM - Jose Abreu (HOU) (knee) could return to Grapefruit League action as soon as Wednesday or Thursday, Matt Kawahara of the Houston Chronicle reports.

9:34 AM - Jose Abreu (HOU) reported soreness in his right knee following Thursday's spring training game against the Cardinals, Matt Kawahara of the Houston Chronicle reports.

2:08 PM - Jose Abreu (HOU) went 2-for-4 with a solo home run, a double and a walk Monday against the Orioles.

10:14 AM - Jose Abreu (HOU) went 2-for-4 with a solo home run in Friday's 4-2 loss to the Royals.

3:03 PM - Jose Abreu (HOU) is not in the lineup for Wednesday's contest against the Athletics, Chandler Rome of The Athletic reports.

1:36 PM - Jose Abreu (HOU) is out of the lineup for Wednesday's game against the Red Sox.

9:39 AM - Jose Abreu (HOU) went 2-for-4 with a solo home run, two RBI and two walks Monday against the Red Sox.

1:08 PM - Jose Abreu (HOU) is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Tigers.

11:13 AM - Jose Abreu (HOU) is not in the lineup for Thursday's game versus the Red Sox, Matt Kawahara of the Houston Chronicle reports.

3:50 PM - Jose Abreu (HOU) activated Abreu (back) from the 10-day injured list Wednesday. He'll start at first base and bat sixth in the Astros' game against the Red Sox.

5:37 PM - Jose Abreu (HOU) Dusty Baker said Tuesday that the Astros hope to activate Abreu (back) from the injured list by Thursday, Brian McTaggart of MLB.com reports.

5:21 PM - Jose Abreu (HOU) manager Dusty Baker said Friday that Abreu (back) has yet to resume swinging a bat, Chandler Rome of The Athletic reports.

3:55 PM - Jose Abreu (HOU) was placed on the 10-day injured list with lower-back inflammation Saturday, Chandler Rome of The Athletic reports.

4:17 PM - Jose Abreu (HOU) (back) remains out of the lineup Friday versus the Angels.

11:25 AM - Jose Abreu (HOU) is absent from the Astros' lineup Thursday in Baltimore because of lower-back discomfort, Joe Trezza of MLB.com reports.

10:19 AM - Jose Abreu (HOU) is not in the lineup for Thursday's game in Baltimore, Matt Kawahara of the Houston Chronicle reports.

10:24 AM - Jose Abreu (HOU) is not in Saturday's lineup against the Yankees.

12:43 PM - Jose Abreu (HOU) went 3-for-4 with a walk an RBI and a run scored Friday against the Angels.

7:16 PM - Jose Abreu (HOU) went 2-for-5 with a double, a home run, four RBI and an additional run scored in Monday's 12-11 victory over Texas.

6:09 PM - Jose Abreu (HOU) went 3-for-5 with a double and a run scored in Sunday's 5-3 win over the Rangers.

11:08 AM - Jose Abreu (HOU) went 2-for-4 with a two-run home run and an additional RBI in Wednesday's victory over the Cardinals.

6:51 PM - Jose Abreu (HOU) isn't in the Astros' lineup Friday against the Dodgers, Matt Kawahara of the San Francisco Chronicle reports.

12:29 PM - Jose Abreu (HOU) is out of the lineup for Wednesday's game against the Mets.

11:21 AM - Jose Abreu (HOU) went 1-for-3 with a walk, a double and a run scored Friday against the Reds.

3:01 AM - Jose Abreu (HOU) went 2-for-5 with a two-run home run and an additional RBI in Saturday's 6-4 victory versus Cleveland.

9:07 AM - Jose Abreu (HOU) went 2-for-7 with a three-run home run in Friday's 10-9 extra-innings loss to the Guardians.

12:04 PM - Jose Abreu (HOU) is not in the starting lineup versus the Angels on Sunday, Danielle Lerner of the Houston Chronicle reports.

1:31 PM - Jose Abreu (HOU) is not in the starting lineup Wednesday against the Angels, Chandler Rome of The Athletic reports.

2:21 PM - Jose Abreu (HOU) went 1-for-4 with two RBI on Monday against the Giants.

4:35 PM - Jose Abreu (HOU) has been moved down to sixth in the lineup, at least against righties, Brian McTaggart of MLB.com reports.

11:05 AM - Jose Abreu (HOU) went 1-for-4 with a double, an RBI and a run scored Tuesday against the Rays.

9:03 AM - Jose Abreu (HOU) went 1-for-4 with a double, two RBI and a run scored Monday against the Blue Jays.

9:41 AM - Jose Abreu (HOU) went 1-for-5 with three strikeouts Tuesday against the Pirates.

2:04 PM - Jose Abreu (HOU) and the Astros agreed Monday on a three-year contract, Bob Nightengale of USA Today reports.