How Tough Is Red Sox Remaining Schedule?

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.

Now the schedule tilts in their favor — 24 of the last 40 games will be against teams with losing records. That stretch includes multiple series against the Baltimore Orioles and Athletics, plus matchups with the Pittsburgh Pirates, Miami Marlins, Arizona Diamondbacks and Tampa Bay Rays.

Still, key showdowns loom. Two late-season series with the New York Yankees — Aug. 21-24 in The Bronx and Sept. 12-14 at Fenway — could swing both the AL East and Wild Card races.

The Yankees, who have the easiest remaining schedule of any contender, will see Boston as a critical hurdle, Stephen J. Nesbitt and Chad Jennings of The Athletic wrote.

Other series to circle include Sept. 1-3 against the Cleveland Guardians, along with the final two matchups of the year: a road set against the Toronto Blue Jays that could decide the division, and a closing series at Fenway against the Detroit Tigers that may shape playoff seeding.

If the Red Sox capitalize on their softer slate, the last week of the regular season could carry stakes and excitement the club has not felt in years.