Red Sox's Roman Anthony predicted to beat out Aaron Judge for top end-of-season award

Red Sox's Roman Anthony predicted to beat out Aaron Judge for top end-of-season award originally appeared on The Sporting News . Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here . The Boston Red Sox have made a ton of changes to the roster this offseason, but nothing has changed with the outfield despite plenty of trade rumors on Wilyer Abreu and Jarren Duran.

While those two might draw the most headlines for their trade rumors, the true star of the outfield is Roman Anthony. After a productive rookie season and a solid World Baseball Classic showing, Anthony looks poised for a huge 2026 season. And Eno Sarris of The Athletic agrees.

So much so that Saris is predicting that Anthony will beat out New York Yankees superstar Aaron Judge for the AL MVP award. Roman Anthony predicted to win AL MVP over Aaron Judge "Roman Anthony wins AL MVP," Sarris predicted. "...

Now he looks a lot like a Junior Caminero who has the potential to put up better defensive numbers in the outfield. " Sarris's prediction of Anthony to win the AL MVP award is very bold. He would be the third player to win the award in his second season, and doing so by overtaking Judge, one of the best hitters in baseball history, would be a huge accomplishment.