Well, things have seemingly taken a quick turn for the worse for the Red Sox’ playoff chances in the last week.
Last Friday, the Red Sox had a chance to add to their half-game lead over the Yankees for the top wild-card spot in the American League. Now, they’re three games back of the Yankees and are sitting in the third wild-card spot with only a 1.5-game lead over the surging Guardians.
Any hopes of Boston winning the division have also been dashed. The Red Sox are six games back of the Blue Jays for first place in the AL East, seemingly needing a miracle to capture their first division title since 2018.