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Jansen met with a member of Boston’s front office during the General Manager Meetings in November and knew the club was interested in him. Shortly thereafter, Jansen received a call at home while he and his family were watching a movie — he believes it was “Rocky II.”
The voice on the other end informed Jansen that he was joining the Red Sox.
“It happened so quick,” Jansen said during Tuesday’s introductory press conference at Fenway Park. “I was excited. I couldn’t even finish watching my movie because I’m coming to Boston.”
Jansen and the Red Sox finalized a two-year contract Tuesday. Terms of the deal were not announced, but MLB.com’s Mark Feinsand was told by a source that the deal is worth $32 million. The 35-year-old Jansen will slot into the back of a bullpen that has also added Joely Rodríguez and Chris Martin this offseason.
“It’s one of the historic organizations in baseball, and the weight that the name Red Sox carries, it just gets you excited, gets your adrenaline going,” Jansen said.
Boston’s bullpen finished 26th in the Majors with a 4.59 ERA last year while converting just 39 of 67 save opportunities. Jansen, who ranks second among active relievers with 391 career saves, is being brought in to help improve those numbers.
“What he’s accomplished to this point in his big league career speaks for itself,” said chief baseball officer Chaim Bloom. “I don’t see how you could look at ways to improve your bullpen and not think about Kenley Jansen. … You talk about someone who has done this job for about as long as anybody has done it on the big stages. That’s something I think that will help everybody throughout our pitching staff.”
Jansen spent his first dozen big league seasons pitching for the Dodgers, with whom he recorded a 2.37 ERA over 701 games — all in relief. His best season arguably came in 2017, when he finished fifth in the National League Cy Young Award voting after posting 41 saves, a 1.32 ERA, a 0.75 WHIP and a 109-to-7 K/BB ratio over 68 1/3 innings.
Jansen signed with the Braves prior to the 2021 season and led the NL in appearances (54) and saves (41), while averaging 12 strikeouts per nine innings.
Only two of Jansen’s outings have come at Fenway Park, but the ballpark and Red Sox fans made a quick impression on him.
“I’ve got to be honest, it’s one of my favorite places to pitch,” he said. “… When you come to Fenway, there’s the history behind it and you feel like a kid again. That’s what I feel when I was in other uniforms playing here. It’s a beautiful place to pitch. And the atmosphere, you see how intense the fans are.”
Jansen didn’t pitch at Fenway while his Dodgers were battling Boston during the 2018 World Series, but he recalled one memory on Tuesday: “I tell you, man, it was loud. It was freezing, but it was loud.”
Before signing his name on the dotted line, Jansen said he spoke with Red Sox outfielder Kiké Hernández; the two were teammates in Los Angeles for six seasons. Jansen told Hernández that he “definitely” wanted to play in Boston.
“Next thing you know, here I am, sitting here and being a part of the organization,” Jansen said.