The 2024 Red Sox have the consistency of a magic eight ball. You can ask the same question over and over again and receive a different response each time. Is this team good? Outlook not so good. What about now? It is decidedly so. Are they still good? Ask again later.
In the end, I think it’s really just a matter of surviving until Triston Casas is back in the lineup. If you can do that, you’ll be in pretty good shape to make the playoffs. If you can’t, sell the veterans and play the kids the rest of the way.