Craig Breslow was candid earlier this week when asked about Boston’s top offseason priorities.

Near the top of the list? Adding some pop to the lineup.

“I don’t want to get so anchored to this idea that the only way to score runs is home runs,” Breslow said of Boston’s power shortage this past summer, per MassLive’s Chris Smith . “We showed that that isn’t the case. That said, a disproportionate number of runs are scored in the postseason via the home run. And that’s not something that we can ignore.

“And there is just something about a bat in the middle of the lineup that forces another team to game plan against it that I think has a compounding effect on the rest of the roster.”

Luckily for the Red Sox, there just so happens to be a slugger fresh off a 56-homer season who is hittin

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