The Red Sox sit six games back of the last Wild Card spot, just one game behind the Chicago White Sox and four games behind the Minnesota Twins. However, as they drift further under .500 (now 4 games below) both the quest for October and any reason to expect success are fading fast. However, Trevor Story is back, Franchy Cordero is cooking, Kiké is returning to the lineup (like Story, not every day yet) and one of their young pitchers is possibly close to a breakthrough.
Brayan Bello had a tremendous start last week against the Toronto Blue Jays, despite the Sox ultimately losing the game.