When he was pitching for the Los Angeles Dodgers, Kenley Jansen piled up 350 saves for the ballclub. Jansen pitched 12 seasons for the Dodgers and earned three of his four career All-Star appearances while with the team.

But Jansen has bounced around over the past four seasons between the Atlanta Braves, Boston Red Sox, and Los Angeles Angels. Now, Jansen is going to go and help the Detroit Tigers close out games in the 2026 MLB season.

On Saturday, reports indicated that Jansen has agreed to a one-year contract as a free agent with the Tigers with an option for 2027, according to The Athletic's Sam Blum and Cody Stavenhagen.

Last season with the Angels, Jansen recorded 29 saves for the Angels and had a 2.59 ERA. Getting Jansen finally gives the Tigers a sure-fire reliever that mainly focuses on late-inning appearances.

Jansen enters the Tigers' bullpen that also has Will Vest and Kyle Finnegan in there, too. Last season, Vest had 23 saves and Finnegan had 24 as he split time between the Washington Nationals and Tigers.

Terms of the deal between Jansen and the Tigers have not been released.

What can Jansen give the Tigers? Besides being a sure-fire relief option for Tigers manager A.J. Hinch, Jansen also can bring another veteran voice into the Tigers' clubhouse.

Detroit definitely wants to get back into the MLB postseason in 2026. Jansen probably gives the Tigers a good jumpstart toward achieving that goal.

While Jansen was with the Dodgers, he was the go-to person. Jansen is just 24 saves away from having 500 career saves. That number might put Jansen in conversations toward a possible spot in the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, N.Y.

In two seasons with the Red Sox, Jansen posted a 3.44 ERA. When he was in Atlanta, Jansen had a 3.38 ERA. He recorded 56 saves with Boston, along with 41 for the Braves, and 29 with the Angels.

So, Jansen can still rack up the saves and that's exactly what Hinch and the Tigers hopes he can do next season. In his career, Jansen has appeared in 933 MLB games, another sign that he can be effective and productive when called upon to do so.

It will be interesting to see what Jansen can do for Detroit. The Dodgers, with their bullpen finally getting a boost with Edwin Díaz as their closer, might have wished Jansen could possibly have been an option to return.

Yet the Dodgers, obviously, didn't want Jansen back. There probably are some Dodgers fans who still watch Jansen's career trajectory. Let's see if he can hit that 500-save plateau in 2026.

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