Maybe I am missing something. But if the Sox sweep the MFY in 6 games, that adds up to 6 Sox wins and 6 MFY loses, no? If so, it is a clinch.
There's 3 v. Yankees next week (at toilet), and then 3 at the end of the month.
We don't want to need to be sweeping the MFY's during the final games of the season in order to clinch.
If Red Sox and Yankees both split the next six games (before they meet next week) then Sox would need to sweep Yankees to clinch.
Which would be fine with me.
Edit: I think you're missing that the six v. Yankees are not the next six games, and that is is not a series of six v. Yankees. Technically you're correct, but it's a worst-possible-case scenario, no?
You are missing nothing. If the Sox were to sweep, they clinch.
But that would mean that the Sox don't win a
single game except v. Yankees (and that Yankees conversely wine
every game except v. Sox)