Chaim Bloom is determined to get the St. Louis Cardinals back to playing baseball in October.

“The Cardinals win first and foremost with players we develop,” Bloom said Tuesday when he was introduced as the Cardinals president of baseball operations . “That operating model that has sustained this organization for decades is still sound. But for it to develop the results that we need, we have to be elite at acquiring and developing baseball talent in every aspect.”

During his four seasons as chief baseball officer of the Boston Red Sox, Bloom had a hand in drafting Kristian Campbell, Marcelo Mayer and Roman Anthony — who was baseball’s No. 1 prospect.

However, Boston only made the postseason once — in 2021 when it reached the American League Championship Series before being elimin

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