The Red Sox faced a brutal start to the unofficial second half: the Dodgers, Yankees, Mariners, Astros, Orioles. And it’s getting a little easier. Although the Arizona Diamondbacks aren’t exactly pushovers either.
The DBacks have put themselves back into the NL West race by improving on .407 and .423 winning percentages in the first two months of the season with marks of .593 in June, .680 in July, .and .737 in August. That’s a Boeing number. As with the Houston Astros, Boston missed the DBacks when they were bad.