Former Boston Red Sox closer Kenley Jansen is available as he is now a free agent and the Toronto Blue Jays could be interested despite his poor attitude.
The Blue Jays top priority of the winter is finding pitchers to add to their bullpen as they released a ton of pitchers in the last week and need to find some serious talent if they do not want to end up with the worst bullpen in the American League again.
Blue Jays interested in Red Sox closer Kenley Jansen
Jansen took a lot of heat at the end of the season when he decided to go home with a couple games left to the season in which some of his teammates were not alright with and told reporters that he is not a good teammate.
Despite this, the 37 year old pitcher had a solid season on a disappointing Red Sox team as he finished with a 3.29 ERA on the season to go along with 27 saves and 62 strikeouts in 54.2 innings pitched.
While the Blue Jays do have a closer in Jordan Romano, for the time being, bringing in a closer such as Jansen could still be a great move as he would add great depth to the bullpen next season.
The Blue Jays do have a closer and are awaiting his return next season. Regardless, picking up a veteran hurler like Jansen would strengthen the back half of the bullpen and would add reinforcements toward a save situation should injuries or poor performance hit some of the go-to arms already employed in the Jays' bullpen. -Prasad
Jansen is coming off a 2 year $32 million contract with the Red Sox but is in line to land a much smaller contract this off-season which is why this could end up being a great budget friendly deal for the Blue Jays.
Jansen spent two seasons with the Red Sox worth $32 million. Toronto could offer Jansen a two-year deal significantly less than that because his workload would be minimized and shared with another closer option. -Prasad
Source: Blue Jays Nation
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