LAS VEGAS — Adding a top of the rotation starting pitcher to slot in behind ace Garrett Crochet is a top priority for the Red Sox this offseason.

“I don’t think we’re going to spend a ton of time trying to add a No. 4, a No. 5 starter,” chief baseball officer Craig Breslow said at the GM Meetings here at The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas on Monday. “If we’re going to make a starting pitching addition, I think it should be somebody who can pitch at the front of a rotation, start a playoff game for us.”

Brayan Bello pitched like a No. 2 starter for stretches during the 2025 season, but he went 1-3 with a 5.40 ERA in five starts during September. He recorded an out beyond the fifth inning in just one of those five starts, and he also lasted just 2 ⅓ innings in his Game 2 start of the AL W

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