Kenley Jansen can return to utilizing “California Love” as his walk-out music.
Jansen has agreed to a one-year, $10 million contract with the Angels on Tuesday as spring coaching commences this week throughout the game, as first reported by The Submit’s Jon Heyman.
The 37-year-old is returning to Southern California after spending two years in Boston and one in Atlanta following 12 years with the Dodgers to open his profession.
Jansen was one of many prime free brokers remaining whereas gamers have reported to Florida and Arizona this week and he now lands with a seemingly always-rebuilding Angels crew.
The appropriate-hander went 4-2 with a 3.29 ERA final season whereas recording 27 saves for the Crimson Sox and enters his sixteenth season as the game’s lively saves chief with 447, the fourth-most in MLB historical past.
He has an opportunity to cross Lee Smith (478 saves) for third place, however that may require the Angels being extra aggressive than they’ve been lately.
The Angels went 63-99 and completed in final place within the AL West final season, marking their ninth straight season ending under .500.
They haven’t received 80 video games since 2018.
This 12 months doesn’t look all that promising since Los Angeles’ offseason centered on including veterans, with none being difference-makers.
Jorge Soler, Kyle Hendricks, Yusei Kikuchi, Scott Kingery and Travis d’Arnaud are the newcomers, becoming a member of a core that realistically wants Mike Trout and Anthony Rendon to remain wholesome and productive to contend.
Fangraphs initiatives the Angels to complete 75-87.
The one built-in bonus for this acquisition is the Angels may primarily be shopping for a prospect ought to issues go south since relievers are at all times in excessive demand on the commerce deadline.
Jansen posted a 2.37 ERA and notched 350 saves throughout his time with the Dodgers from 2010-21, earlier than tallying a 3.38 ERA in his one season with the Braves and a 3.44 mark with the Crimson Sox.
Whereas he’s not the flamethrower from his youthful days, Jansen nonetheless averaged 10.5 and 10.2 strikeouts per 9 innings, respectively, throughout his final two seasons.
