While the Red Sox have been winning against the Blue Jays up in Toronto, the Yankees have been winning at home against the lowly White Sox. The resulting American League Wild Card standings are below, and for the first time in nearly three months, the Blue Jays are not alone atop the AL East.

On the surface, the Red Sox have clearly helped the Yankees … Except, what if they haven’t? What if Toronto, who owns the tiebreaker over New York, figures it out this weekend at home while playing the Rays and still ends up winning the division anyway? More specifically, what if they Yankees burn resources trying to win the division and fail?

It’s all possible thanks to a very odd, but also potentially very advantageous dynamic for the Red Sox. There’s a pocket forming around Boston’s position wher

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