Los Angeles Dodgers closer Kenley Jansen explained Tuesday that the medication he was prescribed to treat atrial fibrillation affected his performance last week.
"I don't want to make excuses,” Jansen said, according to the Orange County Register's Bill Plunkett. "But it's like you're sleepwalking out there. It makes your whole body go slow. I felt sleepy all the time."
Jansen added: "I tried. I thought the first day, maybe it would get better. Then the second day it was the same. And the third day...After that, I just thought, 'I'm going to hurt the team.