With just a month remaining in the regular season, the Red Sox finds themselves in a precarious position, currently holds the top American League Wild Card spot, but with razor-thin margins separating them from the Yankees and Mariners. The question that has manager Alex Cora and the front office strategizing isn’t just about making the playoffs—it’s about how to optimize their chances once they get there. As MassLive Red Sox reporter Chris Cotillo articulated on this week’s Fenway Rundown podcast, the team faces a critical choice: “If you are the Boston Red Sox heading into that last weekend against Detroit, do you line up your pitching to try to claim homefield advantage in the Wild Card series where you have been so good as everyone knows … or do you do option B, which is do everything you can to line up (Garrett) Crochet and (Brayan) Bello for Tuesday and Wednesday, no matter where you play.”