LAS VEGAS — For the first time in four autumns, Chaim Bloom finds himself running an organization as baseball’s offseason begins . Six weeks after taking over for John Mozeliak as the Cardinals’ president of baseball operations, Bloom is at the general managers meetings in Las Vegas ready to begin his second stint in the big chair.

As he assumes the No. 1 role in St. Louis, Bloom, now 42, knows more of what to expect than he did six years ago when he was hired as the chief baseball officer of the Red Sox, succeeding Dave Dombrowski. His four years in Boston, which ended with a somewhat surprising firing in September 2023 , are far in the rearview mirror — but also instructive.

“For me, it’s just really taking away from that (stint) my own understanding of the level of alignment that’

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