BOSTON (AP) — The news conference with new Red Sox closer Kenley Jansen was just about finished when, off to the side, 4-year-old Kyrian Jansen spoke up: “I have a question.”
He was handed a microphone.
He hesitated.
Finally, he said: “Go Boston.”
Jansen’s son is one of the few Red Sox fans excited about the team this winter following a last-place finish in 2022 and then the departure of shortstop Xander Bogaerts as a free agent last week. The elder Jansen, a three-time All-Star, is Boston’s biggest acquisition so far this offseason.
“It’s all about winning here,” said Jansen, who led the NL with 41 saves for Atlanta last year after spending his first 12 seasons with the Dodgers.