The bolded is very important. There are four relatively young, extremely talented teams in the AL in NY, BOS, CLE and HOU, each with their own strengths and weaknesses. I think any of these teams for the next couple of years are easy World Series contenders, but that means some of these teams are going to go down in the ALDS, and some may lose in the Wild Card game. As the ALCS showed, getting homefield advantage will be all the more important moving forward.This Yankees team is a solid team, but I do expect(hope!) a bit of regression for some of these guys that will help the Sox out next year. Their pitching outside of Severino is a question mark. They will def be in contention, right along with us, over the next few years, but there are other teams in the league assembling pretty stacked rosters as well. The duo of Bregman-Correa is one of the best assemblages of young talent in the league. Crazy to think Correa is only going to be 23 next year.
I think the Sox can compete with the best in the AL, it will just take a bounce back season from Price, a full year of a healthy Carson Smith, and the continued development of Benintendi and Devers. There is a chance that all of Betts, Benintendi, and Devers hit 30+ HRs next year. If we add JD Martinez, that is a pretty potent lineup
The rest of the league has to be shaking in the boots, aside from the White Sox who very well may be coming the next "super team", to steal a word from Fangraphs, to join them all in a few years.