The Boston Red Sox are on pace to end a four-year playoff drought after a 2025 season built on improved starting pitching, resurgent veteran leaders and a new crop of young talent.

The last time Boston made the postseason came in 2021 when the Red Sox reached the American League Championship Series and came up two wins short of a trip to the World Series.

Kyle Schwarber emerged as a massive contributor on that memorable run for the Red Sox. Boston acquired him at the trade deadline while he was on the injured list, knowing his bat would be ready to change games in October.

Schwarber did that with a home run in each round the Red Sox played in to strengthen an already-talented lineup. The 2016 World Series champion walked in free agency that offseason to the Philadelphia Phillies where h

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