In the early weeks of MLB free agency, much of the discussion surrounding the Red Sox has been focused on which big-name hitters they will go after. But it appears they’ll seek to add another hitter beyond the top-tier group of free agents, too.

The Red Sox are “open” to adding a complementary hitter in free agency, The Boston Globe ‘s Alex Speier reported Saturday .

Of course, the definition of complementary is up to anyone’s interpretation. But for the sake of argument, let’s assume that the likes of Alex Bregman, Kyle Tucker, Pete Alonso, Kyle Schwarber, Bo Bichette, Munetaka Murakami, and Eugenio Suarez are considered to be in one of the upper tiers of free-agent hitters.

Which hitters does that leave? Well, let’s rank the five best possible “complementary” hitters the Red Sox c

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