Dodgers closer Kenley Jansen has cashed in in a big way on the free agent market, reportedly agreeing to a five-year, $80 million contract to return to the Dodgers, per Jim Bowden of ESPN, Ken Rosenthal of Fox Sports, and Andy McCullough of the LA Times.
The deal hasn’t been finalized yet.
LA reportedly beat out the Marlins and the Nationals for Jansen’s services, with Miami having a reported “monster offer” of at least $80 million over five years on the table.
The Marlins, in addition to their contract proposal, offered Jansen some semblance of familiarity with his former manager Don Mattingly and former Dodgers coaches Tim Wallach and Lorenzo Bundy, his former catcher A.