Shortly after the midway point of the season, the Boston Red Sox were struggling badly. After losing 2 of 3 games to the streaking Toronto Blue Jays, Alex Cora 's team had a 41-44 record and were sitting in fourth place in the American League East. It seems like the Red Sox were in the middle of another lost season and the success that saw them win four World Series championships between 2004 and 2018 was nothing but a memory.

But the team that got swept by the Los Angeles Angels in late June was not content to play out the string. Suddenly, their dormant bats started to make contact. Players like Trevor Story and Ceddanne Rafaela were not longer waving at sliders outside the zone. They were making hard contact and driving in key runs.

The Red Sox brought up highly touted prospects

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