Former beloved Blue Jays catcher Danny Jansen is having some serious issues with the Rays
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After signing a one-year deal with the Tampa Bay Rays as a free agent in December Danny Jansen is having a tough start to the season with his new team.
Former Toronto Blue Jays catcher Danny Jansen is having a terrible start to the season with the Tampa Bay Rays.
Hayden Godfrey from the Toronto Star writes that Jansen has gotten off to a incredibly slow start to the season.
Jansen has gotten off to a slow start on both sides of the ball, striking out a half-dozen times and making two errors behind the plate in seven games.
Mark Topkin from the Tampa Bay Times writes that Jansen had given in a few years ago to the recent shift among catchers to position themselves with one knee on the ground, dropping his left with the bases clear.
And he was well aware of the ongoing narrative about the benefits - most notably with framing pitches - of having one knee on the ground at all times. But in situations when it mattered most, with runners on base and threatening to score, the veteran backstop stuck to a traditional squat rather than the popular right-knee-down.
It may still be a bit too soon to tell but it certainly seems like the Blue Jays dodged a huge bullet this off-seaon by not signing Jansen to an extension.
Hopefully he can turn it around soon in Tampa.
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