You make a great point about the lineup being banged up. Obviously the guys on the IL right now weren't the big boppers, but their absence is perhaps forcing guys to play through stuff that they might be better off resting more often. Verdugo, I think, was battling some nagging stuff for a while and is only just recently starting to play and hit like himself. Hopefully some of the others will be able to recover similarly.
One thing to note with the competition...the Jays and Yankees are 8+ games back right now. Even a moderate stumble by the Sox isn't really going to bring them screaming back into the division race. The chief concern is winning the division and staying ahead of the Rays, which they've managed to do all year with the roster they have. Not sure the deck chair shuffling the Rays are doing necessarily makes them any more formidable than they were. They've arguably moved out as much talent as they've brought in over the last few days.