Boston Red Sox relief pitcher Kenley Jansen briefly raised his arms while walking off the mound Wednesday night, just after striking out Atlanta Braves catcher Travis d'Arnaud to end the game. It didn't look like much of a celebration, but Jansen had just done something only six other pitchers in MLB history had done before him: record his 400th career save.
Following the game he was gifted a bass guitar and the team played him a celebratory video featuring many of his previous teammates from the Los Angeles Dodgers.Joe Torre, AJ Ellis, Clayton Kershaw, Ozzie Albies, Russell Martin, Austin Barnes, Eric Gagne, Andruw Jones, Jurickson Profar, Jonathan Schoop, Rick Honeycutt, his wife and kids.Hitting this milestone while pitching against the Braves was meaningful to Jansen.
"It can't be better coming against the team I grew up watching, loving, and I did it today here in their stadium,"Jansen has dealt with a major health issue over the last few years. A trip to Denver in 2018 triggered his atrial fibrillation , which he'd had surgery to fix in 2012. He struggled with the medications he took for the rest of the season, and underwent a five and a half-hour heart procedure during the offseason.
Now, not only has Jansen hit 400 saves , he's hurling like a pitcher reborn. During the final at-bat of the game against d'Arnaud, Jansen hit 98.7 m.p.h. on the radar gun,
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