30 April 2022
BY SAMMY BAT TEN
PHOTOGRAPHY BY JOE DW YER
FEATURE
Bryan Abreu
S
eth Beer and Jeremy Pena spent a
month in Fayetteville during the
summer of 2019. Bryan Abreu was
here 19 days, while Jake Meyers was
around for 119 days.
ose are just four of the 17 baseball
players who have suited up for the Fayetteville
Woodpeckers the last three seasons and
advanced to the major leagues. Nine of those
are on the 40-man roster of the big league
Houston Astros, who in December 2016
signed a 30-year lease to send their Class A
minor league players here for development.
e fourth year of that agreement
begins April 8 when the 2022 edition of the
Woodpeckers starts their 142-game Low
A-East regular season at Kannapolis. e
home opener at Segra Stadium in downtown
Fayetteville is scheduled for April 12, the first
of six straight against the Salem Red Sox.
Now, with Major League Baseball and
its players coming together on a collective
Play
ball!
Woodpeckers ready
for new season
Jeremy Pena
