Craig Breslow didn’t mince words on Monday when asked about the Red Sox’ top priorities this offseason.

Even with the emergence of Garrett Crochet as one of the top pitchers in baseball, Boston remains on the prowl for another top-of-the-rotation arm to pair with the southpaw moving forward.

“Particularly someone that we feel like can pitch alongside or slot in behind Garrett and start a playoff game for us,” Breslow said at the GM Meetings in Las Vegas . “Last season, [Brayan] Bello played that role for a majority of the season. Lucas [Giolito] played that role for a majority of the season.

“Because of the depth that we’ve built up over the last couple of years, we feel pretty good about just overall starting pitching. Kind of maybe [numbers] 3ish through 10ish.”

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