It is reported that angels and Kenley Jansen A one-year 10mm contract. Wasserman clients will play a closer role and offer manager Ron Washington an established option in the ninth inning.
The 37-year-old Jansen once again finished another good season, completing 38 games and scoring 27 saves for the 2024 Red Sox. He scored an average run of 3.29, and in the second of his two years in Boston, his opponent’s 28.4% opponent rate reached a 54 2/3 frame rate of 9.2%.
These 27 savings have made his career up to 447 Mariano Rivera,,,,, Trevor Hoffman and Lee Smith. Jansen won’t beat Rivera (652) and Hoffman (601), but he scored 31 points after Smith’s 478 478, a number that seems to be possible, maybe even this year. Craig Kimbrel And his 440 saves aren’t behind, but it’s an open question whether Kimbrel will find a regular ending job this year after his struggle last season. Meanwhile, Jansen appears to be a locked lock that can be the main close distance for the angels. He reportedly attracted interest with ninth inning options from other clubs, including the Mets, but would rather sign a place that offers him more opportunities to save.
Jansen isn’t his near-automatic ninth inning powerhouse with the Dodgers earlier in his career, but he’s still in the 3.42 ERA over the past three seasons and has never beaten the game in a single season. He logged in to the worse era of 3.71. In the 2019 Juice Ball Sports.
The average of 92.2 mph Jansen on his cutting machine last year was in line with the 2018-23 average, when he released the sum of 3.45 ERA and radiated more than 30% of his opponents. He allowed career-high contact levels in the strike zone, but his 82.6% ratio in this regard is still three percentage points better than the average – Jansen still caused the plate difference at a strong pace.
Although Jensen is no longer an elite reliefist, he is a very good guy who should help deepen the inexperienced halo bullpen. Leftist Brock Burke,,,,, Jose Quijada and Jose Suarez All have over four years of Major League Baseball service. No other angel’s relief was able to provide two years of service until the deal was reached with Jansen today.
Right wing right Ben JoyceMLB’s hardest pitcher is planning to close responsibilities with the Angels. Now he will lower a set character so he can gain more experience while allowing Washington to use his most dynamic arm with the highest leverage in the game (without wanting to let him “save” him for ninth place ). Joyce, 2022 third round, average Last year, his four-player racer was 102.1 mph at 102.1 mph, which sometimes lifted the court to 105 mph.
As a 2023 rookie, Joyce walked nearly 19% of his opponents in a small sample of 10 innings. He made huge gains in 2024, pitching 34 2/3 major leagues with a 2.08 ERA, 23.2% strikeout rate and 9.9% walking rate. Joyce piled up ground balls with 58.9% of the clips and got four saves and eight. His 13.7% swing rate and unparalleled speed show that as he grows, strikeouts in the tank appear more.
Jansen, Joyce and the previously mentioned trio will now anchor the Angel Bullpen. Ryan Zeferjahn He was in a good victory this spring when his debut in 2024, but he needed to consolidate that work during the camp.
Angels are likely to continue shopping in the relief market. They have been reportedly searching for multiple bullpen weapons, so they still feel at least one place to fill. Unless Angels choose to double and push hard on the high-end, late-30s relief David Robertson. Regardless, General Manager Perry Minasian should have the budget to pursue any bullpen help he likes.
As shown above, Angel’s salary amount is 202mm north of payroll, approximately $220mm in luxury obligations. This puts them 10mm below the franchise record for Open Day Cash Salary and is about 21mm from the $241mm luxury tax threshold.
Jon Heyman of the New York Post first reported that the Angels were signing Jensen. Joel Sherman of the position has a one-year 10mm guarantee.
