The Boston Red Sox are in great shape entering the second half of the season. The Red Sox currently have a 53-45 record and are in the second AL Wild Card spot.

With a successful All-Star week now in the rearview mirror, the Twins will kick off the "second half" of the season — really, there's about 40 percent of the campaign left — on Friday in Colorado. At ...

The Boston Red Sox get bad news, as the Minnesota Twins are "unlikely" to trade All-Star pitcher Joe Ryan by the MLB trade deadline.