In their article "Here's Who's Going to (Maybe) Win the World Series", Fangraphs ranks the Sox's chances very highly. 18 of 27 pick the Sox over the Astros. 14 of 27 have the Sox playing the Rays. 13 of 27 have the Sox winning the AL, with the Rays getting the second most votes at 7 A Sox-Dodgers WS gets the most votes at 6.  The Sox tie the Dodgers with 6 votes to win it all.   Here's their separate Playoff Power Rankings, which puts the Sox behing the Dodgers and