In 2019, Alex Wood threw just 35.2 innings, Kenley Jansen‘s ERA skyrocketed to career high 3.71, and Clayton Kershaw posted an ERA above 3 for the first time since his debut season at age 20. While they were definitely differing degrees of steps backwards, it led all three to the same place in the off-season at Driveline Baseball to try and regain whatever has been lost and even perhaps take a step forward.
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Trying to fix Kenley Jansen has become a regular feature of mine on this site and other sites around baseball, and it primarily revolves around trying to figure out why arguably the best reliever in baseball over a six-year stretch from 2013-17 is now posting just good peripherals and above-average results.