Red Sox held recent video meeting with Bo Bichette

The Boston Red Sox had a recent Zoom meeting with Bo Bichette, reports Ari Alexander of 7 News Boston. It was already known that Bichette was on the Sox’s radar as they pursue an impact bat.

Boston’s top goal may be adding more of a prototypical power bat. Chief baseball officer Craig Breslow has spoken about the desire to add a slugger on a few occasions. He reiterated that sentiment this evening from the Winter Meetings (link via Ian Browne of MLB.com).

“Home runs are a foolproof way to put runs on the board. Typically, that type of profile comes with a tradeoff, most often contact ability, which is another area that we feel like we need to improve the identity of the offense,” Breslow told reporters. “But at the end of the day, we’re trying to score as many runs as possible. There are a few different paths to doing that. … We’re going to consider all ways of improving the team, but finding someone in the middle of the order and who hits the ball out of the park is a really good place to start.”

Kyle Schwarber and Pete Alonso would fit that description more aptly than Bichette. They’re both of interest to Boston — indeed, the Sox are scheduled for an in-person meet with the Polar Bear this week. Still, it’d be surprising if the Red Sox didn’t keep in contact with Bichette. He’s coming off a .311/.357/.483 season and probably would have reached 20 homers had his season not been cut short by a knee sprain. Boston doesn’t have anyone locked in at second base, so they could target Bichette at the keystone or consider bumping Trevor Story to the other side of the second base bag. They’re also surely still interested in Alex Bregman, so there are plenty of possibilities for Breslow and his staff.