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The Red Sox are in the midst of a difficult portion of their schedule, fighting for a wild card spot. It's an uphill battle with the team hovering between four and five games back and multiple teams to jump in the schedule. All season, the message has been “Hang around until we get healthy, and then make a move”. Now, the team is healthy and the move hasn't happened. Part of the issue is the starting rotation. In August, when the Red Sox have played their tails off to come from behind for s Wild Card spot. in their 25 games going into Monday night, their starting pitchers have completed 6 innings 7 times, ave. (4.6 IP per start, Bello 6+). No wonder BP sometimes "implodes" — Peter Gammons (@pgammo)

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