Joe, the Yankees are on target to win 88 games if they do the same as before the All Star break as they have played 88 games of the 162 game season.
Good news for the Yankees is they have 74 games left and 40 are at home and 34 are away. The Yankees are 25-16 at home and 23-24 away. That should boost their chances of winning 90 games or more.
The Red Sox are on target to a 76-86 record. The Red Sox are not a bad team. They made a few bad acquisitions like Sandoval and Porcello. Brock Holt who is playing great baseball for the Red Sox would have been a better choice for 3rd base than Sandoval. The Red Sox also have dead weight at first with Napoli. But if you look at their rookies like Betts, Bogaerts and Holt, they have interesting foundation. You wonder if Cheerington went shopping too fast too soon?
Anyhow, another interesting race is the NL Central between the Pittsburgh Pirates and the St. Louis Cardinals, which could be the 2 best teams in baseball with KC Royals being a close third.
The Pirates have the former Yankees Catchers Francisco Cervelli and Chris Stewart. Cervelli is batting .294 and Stewart .291. They share the catching duties with Cervelli being 1st string. Now you ask, are the Yankees in better shape with Brian McCann. Probably. McCann has more experience with handling pitchers and has more HR and RBI production, but I bet it was tough for Girardi to give Cervelli up. Cervelli is the same tough catcher as Girardi was.
Also, AJ Burnett has been pitching the lights out in Pittsburgh. He is 7-3 with an ERA of 2.11. The Pirates also have their home grown guys like All Stars Pitcher Gerald Cole and Center fielder Andrew McCutchen. The Pirates (.598 winning percentage) were 9 games back of the blazing hot St. Louis Cardinals (.638 winning percentage) and have a chance of being 3 1/2 games behind the Cardinals at the All Star break. It should be a hot race for the NL Central. The Cubs are trailing along 8 1/2 games at a respectable .545. It is very possible that both 2nd and 3rd place teams in the NL Central will play for the Wild Card.
I agree, they are not a bad team they are a terrible team, the question is do they fire Cherington and Farrell at the same time or do they fire Farrell soon and Cherington later, it will be interesting to see what this team looks like come September.