![]() Martinez, Nathan Eovaldi and (an injured) Michael Wacha, Bloom could have made some major moves to replenish the farm system while punting on what was shaping up to be a lost season anyway. With free agents-to-be like Xander Bogaerts, J.D. With the Red Sox at 51-52 and 3.5 games out of a playoff spot, Bloom traded away Christian Vazquez a day before the deadline. When faced with the buy-or-sell decision last year at the deadline, Chaim Bloom chose a little bit of both. ![]() And with that likely being the case, it's safe to assume that the Red Sox won't be selling off many or even any pieces as they try to remain alive in that wild-card race. Realistically, when the deadline hits, the Red Sox' record should look something like 57-49, give or take a couple of games. They then head out west for a three-game set with Gabe Kapler's Giants, before going to Seattle, which is where the team will be during the deadline. We'll project those five games to come out at 2-3. 500.Īfter that, the Red Sox will host a massively disappointing Mets team for three games at Fenway before hosting a two-game set against the Braves, who are the best team in baseball. If they do, they'll be 53-44 on July 20, which would be their season-high for games over. They should win four but really should win five of those games. Coming out of the All-Star break, the Red Sox have a six-game road trip against the Cubs (42-47) and A's (25-67). The reason they'll look like buyers relates largely to the schedule. There is a distinction there, though, between looking like buyers and being buyers. At that point, the Red Sox were 40-42, five games out of the third wild-card spot with two teams ahead of them.Īnd looking ahead, if the Red Sox can continue to rack up wins against inferior teams, they're going to look like buyers heading into the Aug. It may not be overly impressive, but it represents a major step forward from where Boston was after getting swept by the Marlins in late June. ![]() In the wild-card race, the Red Sox remain on the outside of the bubble, though they're just two games behind Houston and Toronto for the second and third wild cards, with only the Yankees sandwiched between them. But they're a game behind the Yankees and two games behind the Blue Jays, two teams Boston has owned this season - to the tune of a 12-1 combined record. In terms of the standings, well, they're still in last place in the AL East. The sweep came on the heels of Boston taking two of three from Texas and sweeping the Blue Jays in Toronto, leaving them at 48-43 on the season. This weekend, though, there wasn't much messing around, with two comfortable wins preceding a late come-from-behind victory on Sunday afternoon. While such an outcome should have been a given when the moribund Oakland A's stopped by Fenway Park this weekend, the 2023 Red Sox haven't exactly taken care of business when such opportunities have been presented to them this season. They have swept a very bad baseball team. ![]() BOSTON - The Boston Red Sox have done it. ![]()
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