Breslow: 'We are aggressively trying to improve our team'

Boston Red Sox chief baseball officer Craig Breslow has been adamant all season, even at his team's nadir, that he believes the 2026 Red Sox are a playoff team.

The team's offense – or lack thereof – has clearly been their biggest weakness, although there have at least been signs of improvement recently. After an 8-0 win over the MLB-leading Atlanta Braves Wednesday, the Red Sox have now scored five or more runs in five of their last seven games, averaging five runs per game in that time.

Still, it's clear that some help is needed if the Red Sox are going to score consistently enough to give themselves a real shot at making the playoffs. Appearing on The Greg Hill Show for Thursday's Front Office Report, Breslow insisted he is "aggressively" searching for that help.

"We are aggressively trying to improve our team," Breslow said. "And certainly adding a bat, adding offense, is one way to do that. We're not gonna be closed off to other ways. And I think the possibility that that could be an addition from outside the organization is real."

That said, Breslow also pumped the brakes on the idea of a big trade actually getting made now, noting that there just aren't many teams looking to sell at the moment.

"But when we're having conversations with other teams, as all teams do," Breslow said, "there aren't too many that are in a position to commit to a path in 2026, because there's not a ton of separation across the teams in the American League, right? There's four above .500 and then there's a bunch of teams that are sitting around saying, 'We haven't played very well, but this thing hasn't gotten away from us yet."

And the Red Sox, of course, are one of those teams at the moment – haven't played very well, but still just three games out of a playoff spot.

Whether he's able to pull off a trade in the near future or not, Breslow continues to reiterate that he believes he has built a team capable of making the playoffs.

"I do, yes. I still have a lot of confidence and a lot of belief in the players that we have in the clubhouse and in the staff and the work that they're doing," Breslow said. "We've got to win games. There's no question about that. And we've got plenty of work to do ahead of us, but when you look back at the last month, I think the bats are starting to come together. Some guys are getting going. We've seen what Jarren [Duran] can do at the top of the lineup when he's getting on base a couple times a game and starting to swing it. And some of the guys that have come up, whether it's Sogy [Nick Sogard] or Mickey [Gasper], have lengthened the lineup out a little bit. And I think we're going to continue to pitch really well."