After struggling through the 2018 and 2019 seasons, Kenley Jansen and the Los Angeles Dodgers were optimistic this year would bring about improved results. That was founded on Jansen being healthy and joining the growing list of players to visit Driveline Baseball.
Jansen had moments where he pitched well during Spring Training but any momentum he started to generate was washed away when baseball halted all operations due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Jansen wound up reporting late to Summer Camp due to he and his family contracting the virus, and he again struggled to sustain any sort of consistency.