Red Sox closer Kenley Jansen is not one to necessarily keep his opinions to himself, especially when it comes to Boston’s chances of contending for a playoff spot.
The veteran was clearly irked last summer when Chaim Bloom and the Red Sox’ top brass largely stood pat at the trade deadline — with Boston eventually fizzling out in August and September en route to another lost season.
“We needed help. I knew it,” Jansen said on the “Baseball Isn’t Boring” podcast last September about the 2023 Red Sox “That’s the mindset we came in with.