Craig Breslow keeping open mind on Red Sox’ adding options at trade deadline

With the Red Sox positioned to add, not subtract, in the leadup to the Aug. 3 trade deadline, which part(s) of the roster might they target for supplements?

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Touching all the bases, chief baseball officer Craig Breslow mentioned a wide range of possibilities: starting pitching, relief pitching, hitting.

“Our pitching has carried a bulk of the weight for most of the season,” Breslow said Friday afternoon during an appearance on MLB Network, before the Red Sox 6-4 victory over the Blue Jays at Fenway Park. “We need to be mindful of the workload demands that we’re putting on some of our younger guys, but also hope that we can balance that out with guys getting healthy.”

Rookie lefthanders Jake Bennett, Payton Tolle, and Connelly Early (on the injured list) have surpassed or are due to surpass their previous career-high inning totals — by a wide margin, in a couple of cases.

Among the Sox’ slew of injured starters, only Early is pacing to return in the medium-term. Others, such as Garrett Crochet and Johan Oviedo, are more like September-at-best options.

The bullpen, likewise, has been a strength and could be further strengthened. Imagine another late-inning arm — perhaps an established lefthander such as the Mets’ Brooks Raley — joining the high-leverage quartet of Tyron Guerrero, Justin Slaten, Garrett Whitlock, and Aroldis Chapman.

“I don’t think there is anyone who would sit in this seat and try to make a deep postseason run and say they wouldn’t explore opportunities to upgrade the bullpen,” Breslow said. “Especially because the bullpen is so important in the postseason.”

And then there is the lineup, which Breslow described as ineffective at times — “no secret” — albeit less so lately.

“We’ve seen some signs of life in the approach, in the damage that we’re able to do, and players deserve a ton of credit for that and our coaching staff deserves a ton of credit for that,” he said. “Our position player group has a ton of flexibility because a bunch of our infielders can move around the diamond. A bunch of our corner outfielders are capable of playing center field.”

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The versatility is real — Caleb Durbin, for example, could move to second base if the Sox bring in a third baseman — but so is the overarching need. Based on performance and/or health, the Red Sox face some degree of uncertainty at shortstop, second base, catcher, DH, and left field.

“If we look to upgrade offensively, I don’t think we have to pinpoint a particular position in order to make that improvement,” Breslow said.

Friday marked 10 days until the deadline, which for the Sox will be an offday after a series at the Dodgers. That still registers in many ways as early in the trade deadline season.

“Every team is in touch with every other team at this point,” Breslow said. “You’re kind of just trying to check in and understand which players might be available and where they might provide upgrades both for the rest of this season and potentially beyond.”

The Red Sox still are trying to decide between Ranger Suarez (recovering from illness) and Tolle for the Sunday start against the Blue Jays.

“The sickness part is a lot better. We’ll see how he feels. Sunday, he’s an option,” interim manager Chad Tracy said. “We don’t have to commit to that yet because he’s still on the IL [with a strained left groin]. We still have Tolle lined up for that day if we need it.”

Early (left elbow inflammation) threw a light bullpen session, Tracy said, his first since being sidelined. He will need a rehab assignment, so he still is at least a couple of weeks away . . . Among other sidelined starters: Kutter Crawford is playing catch but has not advanced to mound work, Tracy said. Oviedo has moved up to bullpen sessions. Tanner Houck is throwing multiple bullpen sessions per week, but his return is the most complicated because he had Tommy John surgery . . . Tracy on Franklin Arias, the Sox’ top prospect, who joined Triple-A Worcester on Friday: “I’m very well aware of what he’s doing. I see the numbers. It’s very interesting to see that he’s doing things versus left and versus right. His OPS is almost identical versus both sides. He doesn’t strike out much. He walks a lot. It’s a pretty interesting profile. He’s a good shortstop. So, happy for him. I know he’s going up, which is great. I’m watching him.”. . . Sox prospect Justin Gonzales (High-A Greenville) was suspended three games for a brouhaha in which he slapped the helmet of Hub City (Rangers) catcher Cal Stark. Stark had taken umbrage with Gonzales’s comportment after a moonshot of a homer.

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Alex Speier of the Globe staff contributed to this report.