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.
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