After cruising to their third straight AL East division title and the best record in baseball, the Red Sox enter the playoffs looking to avenge ALDS elimination in each of the last two seasons and return to the World Series for the first time since 2013.
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Thanks to the highest-scoring offense in the game and a rotation with two aces, Boston romped through the AL to finish with an MLB-leading 108 wins, the most in franchise history and in the majors since the 2001 Mariners. By that measure, at least, the Red Sox were baseball’s No.