Astros' Yordan Alvarez receives bold MVP prediction amid hot 1.248 OPS start
This would be a great bounce-back season for the Astros' superstar slugger.
Astros' Yordan Alvarez receives bold MVP prediction amid hot 1. 248 OPS start originally appeared on The Sporting News . Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here .
The Houston Astros are looking like a team ready to contend in 2026 thanks to their explosive start this season. Cam Smith looks great, as does Christian Walker. But the biggest star has been Yordan Alvarez, who is slugging better than ever this season.
That hot start has led ESPN's David Schoenfield to predict that Alvarez, the Astros designated hitter, will win the AL MVP over Aaron Judge and Bobby Witt Jr. Yordan Alvarez predicted to win AL MVP "Yordan Alvarez will win American League MVP," Schoenfield predicts. "Healthy again after playing just 48 games last year, Alvarez is off to a blazing start in .
353/. 540/. 794 and looks locked in for a monster season.