We've reached the final week of August, which means there are only about four or five weeks remaining in the baseball regular season.Now is the time for teams to strap in and make their moves if they can.
The postseason is within reach, and sometimes a hot team can upset the best teams.There is no guarantee the Dodgers win the World Series again, but in order to dethrone them, you need to make it to the postseason first.
The Red Sox should make it, and the Marlins are still in the hunt.The two square off today in Miami.The Boston Red Sox have been one of the hottest teams in baseball for about two months, but they did have a recent blip after all their success.
They had some massive winning streaks, but over the last 16 days, the team is just 7-7.The good news for the Red Sox is that they may be entering another hot streak, having won three straight and five of their past six games.
I think it is fairly unlikely they win the division, but they have a very good chance of making the postseason thanks to a 6.5-game lead over the final Wild Card spot.Tonight, the Red Sox get one of the better off-season acquisitions taking the ball.Ranger Suarez came over from Philadelphia in the offseason and has been strong for Boston.
He is just 5-3 this season, but holds a 3.41 ERA and a 1.18 WHIP.Despite missing time, he still owns 113 strikeouts for the year.
He has been better on the road this season than he has been at home as well, throwing to a 2.75 ERA as a visitor compared to a 4.14 ERA when he throws at Fenway.He has struggled a bit this month, giving up eight earned runs over 13.1 innings.
This might be the match-up he needs, though.He has held the Marlins hitters to just 1 hit over 21 at-bats.The Miami Marlins are still fighting for a playoff spot, which is pretty impressive given the average age of their team.
Depending on how you look at it, they are somewhere around 27 years old, so most don't have a ton of experience.The team is above .500 and is just four ga...