AL Central: Jansen in jeopardy?
May 27 2026
(BRENT: if you do end up getting a Hendry Mendez photo to swap in, the title I was going to use was “The other Twins outfield prospect”.)
In 2025, Kenley Jansen posted his best ERA (2.95) since 2021 while earning 29 saves for the Angels, but underneath that sparkling surface stat were some very shaky skills: the lowest K% (24%) and K-BB% (16%) of his career, the highest fly ball rate (57%) of his career, and the second-worst xERA (4.46). That was enough for us to close his commentary in the 2026 Baseball Forecaster with the following line: “May find new closer job in free agency, major risk of losing it mid-year.”
An ugly blown save by Jansen on Sunday against the Orioles (3 ER, 2 BB, 1 HR over 1 IP) might be...
Almost!
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