Our next daily Dodgers 2016 season review is of closer Kenley Jansen, one of the truly elite relief pitchers in baseball.
What went right
Jansen put up a 1.83 ERA, his best mark since 2010 (when he pitched just 27 innings), and put up the best FIP (1.44) of his career by far, striking out 104 against only 11 walks.
Opposing batters hit just .150/.194/.252, the second-lowest OPS allowed (.446) — behind only Orioles closer Zach Britton — among all MLB pitchers who faced at least 65 batters in 2016.
In 2016, Jansen saved a career-high 47 games and became the Dodgers’ all-time leader in both saves (189) and strikeouts by a relief pitcher (632).