Why this Red Sox juggernaut may get even scarier

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Craig Kimbrel, J.D. Martinez, Mitch Moreland, Chris Sale and Mookie BettsWASHINGTON — The Yankees find themselves in an odd place — second-best record in the majors, but also second best in the AL East.

Before this season, Brian Cashman would have signed up for a .653 winning percentage at the All-Star break and yet that now represents the best in the division era (since 1969) not to lead a division (the previous best was the 2006 White Sox’s .648). That is because the Red Sox are at .694.

So what is a GM to think when his team is playing this well, yet potentially not well enough to avoid a one-game wild-card battle?

“I don’t complicate things by looking at it that way,” Cashman…