When the offseason began Red Sox chief baseball officer Craig Breslow said one of the team’s priorities would be adding a starting pitcher to the front of the rotation who could slot in behind Garrett Crochet as the club’s No. 2 starter.

Will Sonny Gray be that guy? Asked directly Tuesday night, Breslow declined to say.

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“I don’t know how much sense it makes in November to put a number on a guy. Sonny is a very talented major league pitcher, the seasons that he’s put up pretty consistently indicate that to be the case,” Breslow said. “That said, we still intend to improve our team, and exactly what that looks like we don’t know right now, but we’ll continue to explore opportunities and figure out where that takes us.”

Breslow said he initially expressed interest in Gray

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