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Kenley Jansen
B/T S/R · 6' 5" · 265 lb · born Willemstad, Curacao · age 38 · played P 40 · MLB debut 2010-07-24
Last 14 days (through 2026-08-29): 3 G · 2.2 IP · 6.75 ERA · 4 SO · 0.75 WHIP
151 batters faced scored this season His season card →
The Chase
7 SV from 500 — our pace: ≈ November 9, 2026 Follow the chase →
The card rack
FlagshipKenley Jansen #325 · 2025 Topps Heritage · 15 recent sales 7N ▲0%
Live on eBay now · asking, not sold · as of 2026-09-04 · paid links
The rookieKenley Jansen #US-114 · 2010 Topps Update · 171 recent sales 7N ▼0.1%
Live on eBay now · asking, not sold · as of 2026-09-04 · paid links
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Scout’s note
Kenley Jansen, the 38-year-old from Willemstad, Curacao, debuted in 2010 and owns 1,318 strikeouts across 971 games. He has appeared five times in the last two weeks, striking out six.
Note written · FVR scout (GLM-5.2)
What he’s paid
Under contractA market fact, not an engine read: what a club decided about him, on the season before this one. Figures from Cot’s, as of .
- 2026 salary
- $9.00M
- Tax hit
- $11.00M
- Service time
- 15 yr 73 d
- Options left
- 2 / 3
The deal 1 year $11M (2026), club option for 2027
On the sheet: 1 y/$11M (26)+27 cl opt · agent Wasserman
After this season, as the sheet has it
| Season | 2027 |
|---|---|
| Cash | $2.0M |
| Tax hit | Option |
Cash and the tax hit are two different rulebooks and are never subtracted from one another — see the payroll board for his club, Detroit Tigers.
A second set of books
The same contract, read by MLB Spreadsheets (Ethan Hullihen), as of . We keep two sources on this because one source cannot check itself.
- Tax AAV
- $11.0M
- Guaranteed
- $11.0M
- Term
- 1 yr
What the sheet prices each season at
| Season | 2026 | 2027 |
|---|---|---|
| Salary | $9.0M | $12.0M |
A base salary under his own reading, and never subtracted from the cash figure above: a signing bonus lands in one and not the other, so the two disagree on most men without either being wrong. And the sheet does not mark which future seasons are GUARANTEED — a club option and a projected arbitration award are both just a number here, so read past the end of the deal as his forecast rather than as money owed.
Two sources, read a month apart, put this guarantee at the same dollar. That is the check, and it passed.
The tax AAV above is his number under the CBA’s own rulebook, not the average we work out from Cot’s total. On a contract with deferred money the two come apart on purpose — and neither is subtracted from the other.
Collect Kenley Jansen
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Not financial advice. We take positions only after publication — never before. Misses stay on the record.
Umpire favor
-1.4 net runs over 19 graded games — the zone cost the umpire more than it gave, on balance.
The line
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