There's no question that the addition of Kenley Jansen made the Detroit Tigers' bullpen better. The question actually is, by how much? If this were seven or eight years ago, fans would be feeling as if they had just signed Edwin Diaz, but Jansen is a long way removed from his heyday.
Though he's spent the last several years bouncing around the league, Jansen has still been an acceptable ninth-inning option. Even at that stature, the Tigers got him for a steal, paying him just $9 million for 2026 and holding a $12 million club option with a $2 million buyout for 2027.