| Power Ranking | ||||
| WEEK | RECORD | RANK | COMMENT | |
| Week 5 | 18-7 | 3 | The Red Sox capped off an impressive 7-3 stretch by sweeping the struggling Astros this past weekend. The difficulty level will rise significantly this week, however as the Red Sox begin a six-game road trip that'll take them to Toronto and Texas. -- Hunter Golden, Fire Brand of the AL | |
| Week 4 | 12-6 | 3 | Amidst an incredibly challenging week for obvious reasons, the Red Sox responded about as well as anyone could have hoped for, going 6-0 on the week before dropping both games in the day/night doubleheader Sunday against the Royals. More importantly, they gave Bostonians something to smile about again. -- Hunter Golden, Fire Brand of the AL | |
| Week 3 | 7-4 | 11 | To be successful in 2013, the Red Sox need Jon Lester and Clay Buchholz to bounce back and have productive seasons. So far, they've done that and more, as the two have combined to post a dominant 1.03 ERA in 33 innings pitched. -- Hunter Golden, Fire Brand of the AL | |
| Week 2 | 4-2 | 12 | At 4-2, the Red Sox are off to their best start since 2006, in large part because of great pitching and defense. The Red Sox have surrendered an AL-low 19 runs so far and are second in all of baseball in run differential (plus-17). -- Hunter Golden, Fire Brand of the AL | |
| Week 1 | 0-0 | 15 | After a positive spring where the rotation posted an overall 2.13 ERA, the Red Sox hope that success carries over when they open the season against the Yankees before traveling north for their first real test of the season -- against the Blue Jays. -- Hunter Golden, Fire Brand of the AL | |