As Craig Breslow heads into his second offseason at the helm of the Red Sox, he has made beefing up the club’s front office a top priority. It appears the club is close to making a step toward that end by poaching from a division rival.

The Red Sox are nearing a deal to hire Taylor Smith for an unspecified analytics-based role in the club's front

A year into Craig Breslow's tenure as the Boston Red Sox's chief baseball officer, changes are coming to their staff and organization. Boston is expected to hire a new general manager, and they've already hired Kyle Boddy as an interim director of baseball sciences.