After an absolutely abysmal season from their pitching staff last season, the Red Sox should be hyper-focused on improving in that area above all others this offseason. That means their primary free agent targets and trade candidates should be guys who pitch for a living. Although there are some other roster needs, such as a regular second baseman and an outfielder of some sort, if the Red Sox don’t get better on the mound, then it won’t matter who they add on the other side of the ball.
There are certainly a few starting pitchers that would make sense, and that is perhaps the more pressing of the two sides of the staff, but the bullpen needs a revamp as well.