We’ve finally reached the All-Star break, and in the MLB that means we’re more than half way through the season. The Red Sox are 49-38, and if the season were over today they’d be the first wild card entry in the American League, but a runner-up to Baltimore in the AL East. It’s been a successful season, and frankly a better one than a lot of fans in Boston and around the country expected.
But more than a successful one, this has been a weird season for the Red Sox. This club has seen a lot of things go well that weren’t supposed to, and has struggled in a few areas where they should have excelled.