Red Sox Gold Glove outfielder 'primed' for best season of his MLB career originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here.The Boston Red Sox have one of the deepest outfield units in all of Major League Baseball. Roman Anthony, Ceddane Rafaela, Wilyer Abreu, and Jarren Duran are a ridiculously impressive group, and that's even without including Masataka Yoshida.While the Red Sox might be off to a rough start this season, one of those outfielders has been playing incredibly well and might be in store for their best season in the Majors.As Ian Browne of MLB.com notes, Gold Glove outfielder Wilyer Abreu looks to be headed towards the best year of his MLB career, which would be some great news for the Red Sox amid some Anthony struggles this season.Red Sox OF Wilyer Abreu 'primed' for best season"Red Sox: Wilyer Abreu is primed for his best all-around season," Browne writes.

"Abreu was a standout defender in his first two seasons, with a pair of Gold Glove Awards to show for it. He now looks like he is ready to be a more consistent run producer at the plate."If the Red Sox were to get such a great season out of Abreu, then their outfield situation would take an interesting turn.There have been rumors for well over a year now about one of the outfielders in Boston being traded. Duran has been the frontrunner, but Abreu has popped up in trade talks as well.More: Red Sox never close on Astros’ Isaac Paredes tradeHowever, with such a great season on the horizon, potentially, there's little reason for the Red Sox to keep Duran and trade Abreu.

The Gold Glove outfielder is now a consistent, productive hitter. What more could a team want out of an outfielder?So far this season, he is hitting .311 with an .886 OPS and three homers. The team as a whole might be struggling, but Abreu looks to be headed towards an incredible year.Even if the 2026 season doesn't go to plan, if Abreu can break out into the superstar outfielder he has the potential to become, there would at least be one major positive to walk away with this season, regardless of the actual end-of-season outcome.More MLB news:Braves predicted to trade Bryce Elder for Lars NootbaarJacob DeGrom is only 149 strikeouts from 2,000 for his careerThree ways Pirates' Paul Skenes could lose NL Cy Young AwardMets didn’t want to trade Brett Baty while White Sox didn’t want Mark Vientos in Luis Robert Jr. tradeShohei Ohtani deemed more valuable than Aaron Judge in recent ESPN discussion piece