When the Boston Red Sox hosted the Tampa Bay Rays for the final series of the regular season, former Los Angeles Dodgers closer Kenley Jansen was nowhere to be found.
The Boston closer’s locker sat empty without his name tag prompting questions of whether he would be around for the final pitch of 2024.
“He went home,” Cora revealed pregame on Friday. “I talked to him this week. As soon as it was over, two days ago, he wasn’t going to pitch. There’s other stuff that we talked about, there’s other stuff that’s going on with him, so yeah.