ARLINGTON, TEXAS - OCTOBER 27: Kenley Jansen #74 of the Los Angeles Dodgers embraces Justin Turner #10 after the teams 3-1 victory against the Tampa Bay Rays in Game Six to win the 2020 MLB World Series at Globe Life Field on October 27, 2020 in Arlington, Texas. (Photo by Ronald Martinez/Getty Images)
Dodgers closer Kenley Jansen celebrating with his family and the World Series trophy was a long time coming.
In the long line at the attendant’s desk for the “Monkey Off Your Back” Department, no Dodgers star outside of Clayton Kershaw had a heftier burden to ditch than Kenley Jansen in 2020.