Series Preview: Boston Red Sox at Washington Nationals

Photo by Matthew West/MediaNews Group/Boston Herald via Getty ImagesThe Red Sox are on a brief road trip to play the Washington Nationals before finishing the unofficial first half of the season at home against the Colorado Rockies and Tampa Bay Rays. They are coming off their first series win in two weeks in what was nearly a sweep of the Cincinnati Reds. They have three games to make up in the Wild Card. They will face, in addition a to the Rays, the Chicago Cubs, Philadelphia Philles, and Los Angeles Dodgers between now and the trade deadline. Are they buyer or sellers? Winning will make the decision, apparently, because Craig Breslow already sold with Raffy and now can’t fully commit to helping out this team without more wins.

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