Boston Red Sox’s Sandy Leon, left, signals to the dugout beside Clay Buchholz during the fourth inning of a baseball game against the New York Yankees in Boston, Friday, July 10, 2015. Manager John Farrell came to the mound and Buchholz left the game. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)
The Boston Red Sox sit in last place in the AL East at 42-47, 6.5 games behind the first place New York Yankees. Although it is not an ideal position in which to be heading into the All-Star break, they are in a better spot than most fans could have hoped for after winning 9 of their last 13 games.