Scorecard sales should be boffo for Sox games this season. I mean, how are we supposed to know which one is Caleb Durbin and which one is Isiah Kiner-Falefa? Only the true seamheads will be able to differentiate the skill sets of Andruw Monasterio and Tsung-Che Cheng. Same with Brendan Rodgers and Anthony Seigler.

And that’s not even getting into old stalwarts such as Nate Eaton and Romy Gonzalez. Compared with all the newbies, Nate and Romy are old-timey regulars, like when Don Zimmer penciled in Burleson and Remy about 160 times a year.

Breslow took questions for 21½ minutes at JetBlue Park Wednesday morning and said more than 3,000 words, many of which were “versatility” and “flexibility.”

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Good luck, Alex Cora. Have fun, Sox fans. Manny Ramirez isn’t walking through that door. Mookie Betts and Alex Bregman aren’t walking through that door. The days of the Red Sox featuring a galaxy of stars are over. According to FanGraphs’ ZiPS projections, the Red Sox won’t have anyone hitting 20 homers this season.

“Yeah, I don’t think we can get overly caught up in public projections,” said Breslow. “We, you know, we believe not just in our materials and in our tools, but also in our players and our staff. Trevor [Story], right? He’s going to be back and, you know, we anticipate another full, healthy season, and reason to believe that there’s even another step forward for him to take . . . Guys like Roman [Anthony] and Willie [Abreu] . . . We may have someone who hits over 20 home runs. We may not ultimately . . . ”

It’s an unbelievable admission. The man in charge of assembling the Red Sox roster admits the Sox may not have a 20-home-run hitter this year. Where have you gone, Dick Stuart?

No Sox guy hitting 20? That’s like having no meatballs on the menu at Mother Anna’s. Like the first three quarters of last Sunday’s Super Bowl.

Zzzzz.

My esteemed Globe teammates believe Breslow’s winter work has made the Sox better than they were at the end of last season. When I pointed this out to Breslow, he smiled and said, “Thank you.”

Then I asked if the roster now is better than it was at the beginning of spring training last year.

“I don’t know what we get out of trying to compare a roster before we played a game with one that finished this season,” he said. “We’re trying to build as competitive a roster as we can. And I think there’s a lot of things that go into that. I think we’re going to pitch really, really well. I think we improved the infield defense and have a lot of offensive upside. But to talk about that at this point, I’m not sure does a lot of good. We’re going to get evaluated based on how the season goes.”

At the end of February 2025, the Red Sox had a roster with Bregman and Rafael Devers. Both are gone. How does Breslow replace that hitting?

“Yeah, I don’t know that you look to replace one for one — you know, the production of a guy like Raffy, a guy like Alex, but our goal is to, you know, as a team, to win more games,“ he said. “I think there’s a lot of different ways that we can do that, and leaning into pitching and defense is certainly one.”

Leaning into.

Why do I think Lou Gorman never talked about “leaning into,” unless he was describing Frank Robinson in the batter’s box?

It’s hard to believe Breslow played major league baseball for 12 seasons. He’s smart and polite but presents like one of those geniuses who told Jim Rice to stop bothering young Sox hitters in the batting cage.

None of it matters if Breslow takes the Sox to the promised land, but I worry when I hear that “run prevention” is going to make Boston better. Certainly Breslow has assembled quality arms, but defense has not been a calling card for this team.

“We have both versatility and quality defenders . . . and options at all positions,” Breslow insisted. “Alex is masterful at using the entirety of a roster. I think he’s at his best when there’s a flexibility, when he can find the right matchups for players, and he’s such a strong communicator that everyone understands the way that they fit into the bigger picture.”

When it was pointed out that Marcelo Mayer said he’d like to concentrate on one position, Breslow countered with, “We’ll work backwards from what is best for the team and what is best for each individual, and you hope that those things overlap. Marcelo has also been pretty outspoken about his willingness to do whatever is needed, whatever is best for the team, if that’s playing one position, if that’s moving around, if that’s learning a new position, I think he’s looking for a way to contribute.”

Some of us (me) believe that moving guys around the diamond every day contributes to shoddy defense. The Sox led the American League in errors last year.

“I suppose there’s the possibility that too much optionality can be difficult to manage,” acknowledged Breslow, “but I don’t see that being an issue with Alex.”

Cora’s stance: “We had a good defense in ’18 when we moved people around. People see it as a negative. In ’18, we platooned at first, second, third, and behind the plate. We managed. Would I love to have eight guys out there every single day, that’d be great, but we play the matchups and we move ’em around. When Trevor plays, we play good baseball. When he doesn’t play, we struggle . . .

“Having good players around the edge of the roster matters. That’s the way I see it . . . We’ve just got to clean it up. We’ve got to be better.”

Dan Shaughnessy is a Globe columnist. He can be reached at daniel.shaughnessy@globe.com. Follow him @dan_shaughnessy.