Currently at the top of the AL Wild Card standings, the Boston Red Sox shrugged off a slow start to the season to get to their current spot. They are four games behind the AL East leading Toronto Blue Jays, but two and a half games ahead of their hated rivals, the New York Yankees. Now that the MLB trade deadline has passed, the focus for chief baseball officer Craig Breslow and his staff now has to be on maintaining their current standing, if not get into an even better position.

Even though the team lost to the Kansas City Royals Wednesday evening, they won seven games in a row before that. This weekend they begin a West Coast road trip, with series against the San Diego Padres and Houston Astros before returning home for a five-game homestand versus two last place teams in the Mi

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