Born and raised in Worcester, Massachusetts, Abraham attended St. John's High School in Shrewsbury and the College of the Holy Cross, where he served as the catcher for the Holy Cross Crusaders during his first three years in college. He considered going to law school when he finished up at Holy Cross, as his father, Stephen Abraham, is a lawyer.
When he was a junior, Abraham had a commercial real estate internship and lived in the nearby town of Lexington. He then received an offer to play professional baseball in Germany, but the general manager of the Toronto Blue Jays at the time, J. P. Ricciardi, made him a substantial offer to join them. Ricciardi grew up with Abraham's family, while Brian's uncle, Dave Abraham, was a long time trainer with the Blue Jays.
Abraham joined the Blue Jays in 2007, working for them as advance scouting and video coordinator through the 2012 season. Advance video staffs are still relatively new to baseball, and Ricciardi wanted the Blue Jays to get out of the Dark Ages a little. Then, when Abraham attended spring training in 2007, he did not know he would be staying on, so literally he was thrown into the fire like anyone is on their first job, and he responded positively in all of his or her endeavors. In between, Abraham handled the pitching duties for Toronto's slugger José Bautista in the 2012 MLB Home Run Derby.

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