Red Sox CBO Breslow on offseason pressure: 'It's time to deliver'

Boston Red Sox chief baseball officer Craig Breslow knows his team needs to make things happen in free agency this offseason to take the next step.

“It’s time to deliver,” said Breslow, according to MassLive's Sean McAdam.

“It seems like what (information) has been made available publicly is that people are picking up a more aggressive posture (from us). But then again, it’s hard for me to be the person answering the question about how others are responding to us.”

The Red Sox are, by all accounts, much more active in talks with free agents this winter than they were in years past.

Boston has repeatedly been connected to Juan Soto and reportedly made a strong push to sign Shane Bieber before he ultimately returned to the Cleveland Guardians on Friday.

Breslow believes the arrow is pointing up for the organization despite the lack of early returns on the aggressiveness.

"When you can paint this picture of a young core that’s established itself in the big leagues and a secondary wave that’s not far behind and will be impacting the team as early as 2025, I think people are realizing this is absolutely an organization going in the right direction, one that’s going to compete in the short term, but also, for a number of years," he said.

Boston currently has three top-10 prospects - Roman Anthony, Marcelo Mayer, and Kristian Campbell - according to MLB Pipeline.

At the major-league level, the Red Sox have a formidable young trio of position players in Rafael Devers, Triston Casas, and Jarren Duran, the latter of whom accrued a career-high 6.7 fWAR last season.

The Red Sox have missed the playoffs three years in a row but finished third in the AL East in 2024 with an 81-81 record.