Years from now when Craig Breslow’s performance is ultimately judged, it won’t be his words we remember but his actions as Red Sox chief baseball officer.

But since right now all we have to go off are his words, Breslow’s first couple of weeks on the job have been highly encouraging.

The new Red Sox boss has struck all the right notes since officially taking the reins, projecting a sense of urgency while expressing a willingness to take the kind of bold action that’s been missing from the organization in recent years. He’s also affirmed that the club’s top priority must always be success at the big league level, which doesn’t have to come at the expense of its long-term outlook.

“I do think there are ways to meaningfully improve the team in the short term without sacrificing long-term wins,” Breslow told reporters this week at the GM Meetings in Arizona. “I think it’s important not to lose sight that the goal of any organization is to win major league games. It’s not to have the greatest farm system. It’s not to have the most prospect depth. It’s to win games.”

If there was one fundamental shortcoming of Chaim Bloom’s tenure as chief baseball officer, it’s that the future always took precedent over the present. That instinct often served Bloom well, helping him turn one of baseball’s worst farm systems into among the best, but it also manifested itself as an unwillingness to pull the trigger on the types of deals that might’ve seemed risky but could have made all the difference in the end.

Executing trades can be intimidating, especially for a first-time head of baseball operations, but Breslow seems to recognize that being overly cautious can be as costly as swinging a deal that doesn’t pan out.

“If you wait for the perfect trade, you will likely never transact,” Breslow said. “I think these jobs require decisiveness and boldness and conviction, and also the humility that you’re not going to win every one.”

Breslow won’t have long to hit the ground running. In the coming weeks he must hire a new pitching coach and third base coach, assess the organization’s needs and identify offseason targets who can help the Red Sox get back into contention. He’ll have to do all of that with limited familiarity of his own players, particularly the prospects he could ultimately end up trading to bolster the big league roster.

In order to navigate these next few months, Breslow expects to lean heavily on Boston’s incumbent front office members and its player development staff.

“I don’t have the emotional attachment having been part of the decision to draft the guys or to acquire them. With that, though, comes the possibility that I’m not seeing the total picture though,” Breslow said. “The further away these guys are from the big leagues, the harder it is to project future performance. So that’s why we’ll lean into others who do know these players far more intimately than I do.”

It won’t be long now before the rubber hits the road and Breslow begins turning his words into action. With what’s expected to be an active trade environment and perhaps the most competitive starting pitcher market in recent memory, Breslow will have ample opportunity to execute his vision.

The man can certainly talk a big game, now Red Sox fans have to hope the results prove just as good.