Kenley Jansen: Red Sox front office ‘smart enough to know’ what team needs at deadline

Kenley Jansen is hoping that the Red Sox add to their roster before the trade deadline.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. I won’t speak for [Justin Turner], but we knew to keep it close, and we…