Sox sign Kenley Jansen

[Jasonbay44]

2 years $32 million Per Passan

[moonslav59]

WOW!

 

Ole Red will be thrilled!

 

He'll start loving Bloom, real soon!

 

[mvp 78]

Does this count as the MAJOR SIGNING?

[a700hitter]

Wow, he got a deal in before Sea World opened! He signed a guy with a bad heart. I’ll take it.

[Bellhorn04]

Congratulations to Old Red and Denny G. Your voices have been heard.

[mvp 78]

Now I look forward to everyone typing Jensen all season long rather than Jansen.

[Bellhorn04]

Does this count as the MAJOR SIGNING?

 

It counts as one of them.

[Jasonbay44]

Does this count as the MAJOR SIGNING?

 

It’s definitely an upgrade over majority of the current bullpen. I do worry about his age though. He is 35 now

[mvp 78]

Wow, he got a deal in before Sea World opened! He signed a guy with a bad heart. I’ll take it.

 

He signed a CLOSER with 79 saves the last two years. Sounds like a guy you should like?

[Bellhorn04]

It’s definitely an upgrade over majority of the current bullpen. I do worry about his age though. He is 35 now

 

There's always going to be something to worry about, JBay.

[harmony]

Chalk it up as an upgrade to the Red Sox bullpen.

[moonslav59]

Although some stats show some decline, he's still damn good at age 35.

 

OPS Against

 

.652 in '19

.615 in '20

.501 in '21

.612 in '22

 

His 3.86 K/BB rate was his best in 3 years.

 

He's 10th in fWAR by RP'ers the last 3 years at 3.5

[mvp 78]

It’s definitely an upgrade over majority of the current bullpen. I do worry about his age though. He is 35 now

 

His statcast numbers are still strong. He may trail off a little, but he can at least give you a Timlin like presence for 2 years if he struggles a little. He still k's a lot of guys and his velo hasn't dropped.

[jacksonianmarch]

Very strange indeed. He gets a Marquis closer at advanced age at market rate. Seems to go against everything that bloom stands for.

[Bellhorn04]

Very strange indeed. He gets a Marquis closer at advanced age at market rate. Seems to go against everything that bloom stands for.

 

Two year deal, $32 mill at risk. It's not like he went after Judge...

[harmony]

MLB Trade Rumors had projected Kenley Jansen with a two-year, $26 million contract so the reported deal is in line with this offseason's inflated figures.

 

https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2022/11/mlb-trade-rumors-top-50-free-agents-predictions-2022-23.html

[Jasonbay44]

His statcast numbers are still strong. He may trail off a little, but he can at least give you a Timlin like presence for 2 years if he struggles a little. He still k's a lot of guys and his velo hasn't dropped.

 

Yeah I’m not mad at the signing. The bullpen definitely needed a legitimate proven guy, and Jansen is that, even with his age.

[5GoldGlovesOF,75]

Kenley made $16M in '22 for Atlanta... Bloom should've just signed him a year ago for three seasons, and saved this board a lot of grief.

 

Now we just need to swing a deal with Toronto for spare catcher and Red Sox killer Danny...

[moonslav59]

Very strange indeed. He gets a Marquis closer at advanced age at market rate. Seems to go against everything that bloom stands for.

 

Maybe, they went against Bloom's wishes or choices.

[redsoxrules]

I'm OK with the deal. The Sox needed a closer badly after last year's debacle.

[moonslav59]

Kenley made $16M in '22 for Atlanta... Bloom should've just signed him a year ago for three seasons, and saved this board a lot of grief.

 

Now we just need to swing a deal with Toronto for spare catcher and Red Sox killer Danny...

 

We went over the tax line, anyway, in 2022, so yes, good point.

[redsoxrules]

Very strange indeed. He gets a Marquis closer at advanced age at market rate. Seems to go against everything that bloom stands for.

 

It's 2 years. And 35 years old is not old for a relief pitcher like it would be for an every day player.

[mvp 78]

There's always going to be something to worry about, JBay.

 

If he was 30, he'd be getting a massive contract like Diaz.

[mvp 78]

Very strange indeed. He gets a Marquis closer at advanced age at market rate. Seems to go against everything that bloom stands for.

 

I always thought it was "marquee" like the sign, not marquis like the ranking.

 

...

 

Per wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marquee_player

[a700hitter]

He signed a CLOSER with 79 saves the last two years. Sounds like a guy you should like?

I said that I’ll take it.

[mvp 78]

I said that I’ll take it.

 

So your pejorative about him having a bad heart was more about him having ill intentions against opposing hitters then?

[Bellhorn04]

Maybe, they went against Bloom's wishes or choices.

 

I certainly hope that's not how things are working!

[iortiz]

To me Bloom is desperate. Jansen is nothing but a free falling in my book. Horrible signing. It’s still early and Hopefully I’m wrong but this team is not shaping well —thus far.

[Bellhorn04]

To me Bloom is desperate. Jansen is nothing but a free falling in my book. Horrible signing. It’s still early and Hopefully I’m wrong but this team is not shaping well —thus far.

 

He has every freakin' reason to be desperate...

[moonslav59]

To me Bloom is desperate. Jansen is nothing but a free falling in my book. Horrible signing. It’s still early and Hopefully I’m wrong but this team is not shaping well —thus far.

 

If Rogers gets less, I'll have wished we got him, but it seems Bloom can't win, here, no matter what he does.