Yankees AL's best? Phillies NL's best? MLB's top pitcher? 5 burning questions

The Red Sox won't go away. The Astros can't separate in the AL West. The Orioles and Yankees seem destined to go down to the wire in the AL East. The Phillies looked reinvigorated against the Dodgers.  

So much has yet to be decided among the best teams, however, in the way of the standings. In another big weekend on FOX Saturday Baseball, Boston hosts Houston (4:10 p.m. on FS1), Tampa Bay hosts Baltimore (7:15 p.m. on FOX) and the Cubs and White square off at Guaranteed Rate Field (7:15 p.m. on FOX).

Accordingly, FOX Sports MLB experts Rowan Kavner and Deesha Thosar tackle these topics and more in this week's roundtable.

1. The Red Sox lead MLB in OPS. Are they being slept on as title contenders?

Kavner: Every team in the American League is flawed enough that it wouldn't completely shock me to see the Red Sox get hot and make a surprise run, but I also wouldn't count on that happening. At the start of the season, their pitching surprised everyone while their offense lagged behind. Now, the roles are reversed.

The Red Sox are absolutely mashing. Jarren Duran looks like a star, and not enough people are talking about Wilyer Abreu. Still, Brayan Bello has a 4.45 ERA over the past 30 days — and that's the best mark of any Red Sox starting pitcher who has made at least three starts in that time. The bullpen has been even worse. If they would have done something more substantial either before the season or at the deadline, I might feel differently. As it stands, as terrific of a job as pitching coach Andrew Bailey and chief baseball officer Craig Breslow have done getting the most out of what they have, I don't know that Boston has the pitching to go all the way.

Thosar: The Red Sox seem to be in a similar position as the