The Boston Red Sox have put themselves in a position to add at the trade deadline. They are five games over .500 entering play on Friday and have a claim on one of the American League Wild Card spots.

Craig Breslow signed three players last offseason who were recently named to the American League All-Star team.

The Boston Red Sox can thank these four players for impressive turnarounds to close out the first half of the season.

The Boston Red Sox are flying high heading into the All-Star break. Winners of seven straight and nine of their last 10, they currently sit at 50-45 and hold the American League's third Wild Card spot.

The Red Sox stormed back to steal the opening game of this four-game series against the Rays, 4-3. Boston was able to score three runs on two hits in the seventh inning before the bullpen held tight to extend the winning streak to seven games — a season-long for the Sox.

San Francisco Giants legend Will Clark is not happy with Boston media, especially Red Sox broadcaster Will Flemming. The former Giants first baseman went on an expletive-laden rant about how East Coast media took his story about Rafael Devers no-showing him for a pregame coaching session out of context and out of proportion.

Playing nine innings while thinking those early extensions for Ceddanne Rafaela and Brayan Bello look pretty good right now …