Boston Red Sox magic number — 2026 playoff picture
Boston Red Sox 2026 magic number and elimination number, the rival that sets each, the earliest date they can clinch, and the head-to-head games left — 87-75 · 3rd in AL East.
Boston Red Sox — 2026 standing
- Record
- 87-75
- Winning %
- .537
- Division
- American League East
- Division rank
- 3rd
- Games back
- 11.0
- Wild card rank
- 2nd
- Games played
- 162
- Run differential
- 78
- Streak
- L1
What this page carries
A magic number for Boston Red Sox against the rival that sets it, an elimination number, both routes to October — the division and the wild card — the earliest date each race could be settled, the head-to-head games still to play, and the strength of what is left on the schedule. Every number is computed from wins, losses and the real remaining schedule rather than read off a published field.