The Boston Red Sox enter the final stretch of the 2025 season in position to control their playoff destiny.

At 66-56 with 40 games left, Boston holds the American League’s second Wild Card spot and is aiming for its first postseason berth in four years.

“We have officially reached the three-quarters mark of the MLB season, and everything the Red Sox hope to achieve is still there for the taking,” Mac Cerullo wrote for the Boston Herald. FanGraphs pegs their playoff odds at 73.4%, and a .500 finish would put them on pace to match last year’s 86-win playoff cutline, Cerullo writes.

The turnaround has been notable. After falling five games under .500 on June 6, Boston surged to a 36-21 record since, surviving a post-All-Star gauntlet that featured six of eight series against contenders.

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