The Red Sox come to town in a situation much reversed from the last time MMP hosted them. Just one season after being just a couple of wins shy of the World Series, Boston is now all the way in the cellar of the AL East and sit a half game back from the Orioles while they try to maintain a .500 record.
It also looks increasingly likely that the Red Sox will be sellers at tomorrow’s trade deadline, which is a far cray from where they expected to be at this point in the season. There’s even a non-zero chance that their catcher Christian Vazquez ends this series in Houston’s dugout.