Red Sox player power rankings: Sox’ best players could use some help

Chris Sale #41 walks towards the dugout during the second inning against the Tampa Bay Rays at Fenway Park on May 13, 2017.COMMENTARY

Sunday’s four hour and 32 minute loss to the Rays is going to sting for a while, and is emblematic of the frustration of this Red Sox season. For all the talent this Red Sox team has, it has remained in the middle of the pack. With the Blue Jays playing well – they’ve won five in a row and are suddenly only two and a half games behind Boston – the AL East is now a five-team scrum, and the Sox are smack in the middle of it.

The past two weeks were quite literally two steps forward, two steps back. Starting May 2nd, the team won two, then lost two, then won two,…