If this weekend's 3-game set against the Yankees isn't a make-or-break series for the Red Sox, it's pretty darn close.

But that doesn’t mean this is a series that the Sox are destined to lose either. Looking at the way the Angels games played out, Boston would have swept or won two games if they

The Red Sox have four titles since 2004 and the Yankees one. By that measure, Boston has been the better franchise. But in 2025 the old rivals exist in vastly different worlds.