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Here’s what Chaim Bloom had to say about the Red Sox and the MLB trade deadline

"We’re trying to make the postseason."

By Hayden Bird

July 27, 2022

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The Red Sox lost to the Guardians 8-3 on Tuesday. Boston has now lost six of its last seven, and has fallen to the bottom of the AL East.

On Wednesday, Patriots training camp gets fully underway as the team holds its first practice. Bill Belichick closed his morning press conference with a welcome message, even (almost) cracking a smile:

Chaim Bloom on the trade deadline: Prior to Tuesday’s Red Sox game against the Guardians, Boston chief baseball officer Chaim Bloom was asked about the state of the team during an interview on NESN.

Specifically, Bloom was asked about the looming MLB trade deadline (Aug. 2), and if the Red Sox will be a buyer or seller.

“It’s useful shorthand, but internally we hate thinking that way. And I don’t think anybody around here likes thinking that way,” Bloom said. “I can tell you, like I said, I think everybody kind of moved between what happened before the break and what happened this weekend and wrote off this group. We’re not.

“We’re trying to make the postseason. So, whatever that means, we’re going to explore a lot of stuff,” Bloom continued. “Some of them might be things people expect, some of them might not be. But you know, we want to get this group into the postseason.”

More from Boston.com:

• ‘I love the guys that we got’: Jayson Tatum refuses to talk about Kevin Durant, Jaylen Brown rumors
• Red Sox are in last place in the AL East standings after loss to Guardians
• Nolan Jones homers for Guardians to spoil David Ortiz’s return to Fenway
• Red Sox president Sam Kennedy on Xander Bogaerts, Fenway prices, and Boston fans
• Bill Belichick sees ‘dramatic improvement’ in Mac Jones heading into second season
• Here’s the late-career moment David Ortiz called his favorite clutch hit
• Red Sox honor Hall of Famer David Ortiz at Fenway
• ‘They’re kind of in a weird place’: Red Sox seen as potential deadline buyer and seller
• Wizards hire 3-time NBA champion James Posey as an assistant coach
• NFL teams open camp with biggest question still unanswered
• Former Patriots receiver Danny Amendola, two-time champion, retiring

Mac Jones drew an ovation for fans as he ran onto the field for the start of training camp:

Julio Jones is set to team up with Tom Brady:

On this day: In 2013, David Ortiz — responding in frustration after being thrown out of a game against the Orioles for arguing balls and strikes — annihilated a bullpen phone in the Red Sox dugout at Camden Yards. Boston went on to win the game anyway, 7-3.

Daily highlight: In what turned into a decisive 4-0 semifinal win over Sweden in Euro 2022, English forward Alessia Russo scored one of the goals of the tournament.