PT TOMORROW: NL West—Jansen looking to get back on track
Apr 5 2018
News flash: Kenley Jansen’s (RHP, LA) velocity is down. The consensus top closer in the game has gotten off to a rough start this season (1 loss, 1 blown save), but both he and the team continue to insist nothing is physically wrong. Instead, the given explanation is that the struggles are due to a mechanical issue—one that may or may not be the result of Jansen over-compensating for a hamstring issue that slowed him this spring.
If the issue persists and Jansen needs to miss any time, one potential fill-in could be right-hander Josh Fields (RHP, LA), who has worked the 8th inning a couple of times so far this season. For Fields, his 2.84 ERA from 2017 was a bit luck-fueled, as evidenced by his 3.94 xERA. That said,...
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