What you see now with the Boston Red Sox is not what you will see in August and September. This is only mid-May and the Red Sox started all ablaze and that has now been extinguished. This team was certainly not as good as 17-2 nor as bad as what we have seen the last several weeks. Not unusual since the season is long and quite fluid.
The same applies to the rest of the league and especially our most significant competition within the American League East – the New York Yankees. During the next few months, changes will happen to the roster as needs are addressed and returning players add some fortifications.