In case you wanted extra proof why the Boston Red Sox parted methods with Chaim Bloom, Kenley Jansen offered an additional heaping of it Wednesday.

The Red Sox nearer, who is about to overlook the postseason for the primary time since 2012 after 9 playoff runs with the Los Angeles Dodgers (2013 to 2021) and one with the Atlanta Braves (2022), sounded off on Boston’s 2023 shortcomings and directed some pointed feedback on the entrance workplace for its failure to enhance the roster on the MLB commerce deadline.

“Ten straight years in the playoffs,” Jansen told Audacy’s Rob Bradford on the “Baseball Isn’t Boring” podcast. “Frustrating. Disappointment. All come together. Not happy. To be quite honest for you, I don’t know how to play for numbers. I only know how to competing for a championship. That’s me just being honest.”

The Red Sox have been seven video games over .500 and 1.5 video games out of a Wild Card spot on Aug. 1, however Bloom didn’t make any notable additions at the trade deadline outdoors of backup infielder Luis Urias from the Milwaukee Brewers and center reliever Mauricio Llovera.

That method did not sit nicely with Jansen.

“We do have a great team and if we would have (added) a couple of starters (at the trade deadline) we wouldn’t be talking about this right now,” Jansen mentioned. “We would be playing in a Wild Card game right now.”

Jansen spotlighted pitching as the important thing want that Boston failed to deal with on the deadline.

“We needed help. I knew it,” Jansen instructed Bradford. “That’s the mindset we got here in with. I gained’t converse for (teammate Justin Turner), however we knew to maintain it shut, and we have been shut. We have been 1/2 sport out and we have been taking part in nice.

“But when you ask to have tons and tons and tons of bullpen games, at some point everybody is going to get tired and that’s what happened and we fell off. It’s definitely frustrating.”

The Red Sox justified their passive approach by noting the pending returns of pitcher Chris Sale, Garrett Whitlock and Tanner Houck, who missed time early within the season resulting from harm. By the top of August, nonetheless, Boston’s pitching depth was primarily shot, a problem that got here to a head in journeyman Kyle Barraclough’s disastrous Aug. 29 outing against the Houston Astros.

“I understand the direction Chaim was going, but at the same (time) … Listen, Chaim is a great guy. I love him and I wish him nothing but the best. But I feel like that’s when we fell short, if I can say my true opinion and be realistic,” Jansen mentioned.

” … At the end of the day, the depth wasn’t there. My experience playing 10 years with 10 different rosters, every roster had pitching depth. You have to get depth.”

Instead, Bloom stood pat and staked the Red Sox’ hopes to a younger core that at some point may return the group to success. In Jansen’s eyes, nonetheless, Bloom squandered a possibility with the present roster — and now Boston is looking for his replacement.