Chaim Bloom has some decisions to make later this month.
Through 91 games, the Red Sox currently sit in last place in the AL East.
But that’s more a statement about the competitive division that Boston finds itself in, rather than the Red Sox’ status as a fifth-place squad.
Boston entered the All-Star break with a five-game winning streak and has posted victories in eight of its last nine games.
Now five games over .500 at 48-43, the Sox sit just one game behind the Yankees in the AL East, and are just two games behind both the Blue Jays and Astros for the second and third spots in the AL Wild Card.