Everything seems to be going right at the right time for the Boston Red Sox — Garrett Crochet has been everything they could've asked for and more, Brayan Bello and Lucas Giolito are rising to the occasion, Roman Anthony has fit in perfectly, Masataka Yoshida is back, and Romy Gonzalez and Ceddanne Rafaela have played like MVPs in the last month.
Boston carried a 10-game winning streak into the All-Star break, and personalities around baseball are all-in on it to make the postseason. MLB insider Jeff Passan of ESPN always believed the Red Sox were a playoff team, but recently gave them another vote of confidence going into the trade deadline.