The Athletic’s Ken Rosenthal posted on social media that the Los Angeles Angels have signed veteran right-handed reliever Kenley Jansen to a one-year deal worth $10 million (MLB Network’s Jon Heyman was first to report the news).
Jansen, 37, has spent most of his 15-year MLB career in Southern California, with 350 saves over 12 seasons with the Los Angeles Dodgers from 2010-2021. Jansen pitched one year for the Atlanta Braves in 2022 and spent the last two seasons with the Boston Red Sox where he logged 27 saves and a 3.29 ERA to go along with 10.2 strikeouts per nine innings.
Jansen enters the 2025 season with 447 career saves (fourth in MLB history) and is only 32 saves away from moving into third place on the all-time list, passing Hall of Fame reliever Lee Smith, who has 478 saves from 1980 to ’97.
Angels pitchers and catchers will report to spring training in Tempe, Ariz., on Tuesday.
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