Fifty-one thousand people in the stadium were on edge. The Dodgers’ chance to stay in the series hung in the balance. They all knew what was coming. Joc Pederson was …
Read More »Kenley Jansen is doing more with less
While it obviously was not the main story in last night’s dramatic win over the Padres, Kenley Jansen‘s 10-pitch save was a fitting exclamation point. He threw 10 pitches and …
Read More »More thoughts on Kenley Jansen’s recent issues
Photo: Stacie Wheeler Kenley Jansen made his first appearance of the NLCS last night, in the sixth inning with a 14 run lead. The inning was designed to boost his …
Read More »Something might be wrong with Kenley Jansen
In recent postseasons, one of the Dodgers’ main mantras has been “The Dodgers can go as far as Kenley Jansen will carry them.” When Jansen was in his hall-of-fame caliber …
Read More »Off-season work of Kenley Jansen, Alex Wood, Clayton Kershaw provides reason for optimism
In 2019, Alex Wood threw just 35.2 innings, Kenley Jansen‘s ERA skyrocketed to career high 3.71, and Clayton Kershaw posted an ERA above 3 for the first time since his …
Read More »Finding Kenley Jansen’s place in the Dodgers bullpen
Kenley Jansen is struggling. That’s not really news as he’s been fighting it in some form or another since 2018. But it almost seems like he’s sorta hit rock bottom …
Read More »Kenley Jansen executed a rare intentional balk last night
Last night, Kenley Jansen recorded a save against the Cubs in a 5-3 win for the Dodgers. He surrendered a baserunner on a Matt Beaty error but otherwise was dominant …
Read More »Dodgers reportedly hire Robert Van Scoyoc as hitting coach & Dino Ebel as third base coach
The Dodgers front office and coaching staff have been raided this off-season, which is sort of to be expected when the team has gone to back-to-back World Series (unfortunately without …
Read More »Kenley Jansen for 2 innings, even in the World Series, seems suboptimal
Lost in the aftermath of that incredibly dumb baseball game last night/this morning is the fact that Kenley Jansen faltered in the eighth inning by allowing Jackie Bradley Jr. to …
Read More »Kenley Jansen has a command issue to go along with his heart issue
It’s clear Kenley Jansen hasn’t been his normal self since coming off the disabled list last week, which he was on because of his irregular heartbeat. Initial reports had him …
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