Overview
- Multiple outlets report a one-year deal with a 2027 club option for Jansen at a reported $11 million, pending a physical and without an official team announcement.
- Jansen is expected to be a primary ninth-inning candidate in a reworked late-inning group that also features recent re-signing Kyle Finnegan and returning right-hander Will Vest.
- The 38-year-old posted a 2.59 ERA and converted 29 of 30 save chances in 62 appearances for the Angels in 2025, and his 476 career saves leave him two shy of Hall of Famer Lee Smith for third all-time.
- Analysts note performance risk after a career-low 24.4% strikeout rate, a 44.6% hard-hit rate, and higher ERA estimators (3.77 xERA, 3.98 FIP) than his surface results.
- Detroit incurs no draft-pick cost because Jansen was ineligible for a qualifying offer, and his addition comes as several top relievers have signed elsewhere, thinning the market.