Jansen Stays in LA

Kenley Jansen and Justin Turner appear to be staying with the Dodgers:

The Dodgers completed a significant portion of their off-season shopping on Monday, reaching an agreement to re-sign Jansen, while approaching the final stages of an agreement with Turner, according to people familiar with the situation, who requested anonymity because neither contract had been finalized.

Jansen spurned a more lucrative offer from the Washington Nationals to stay in Los Angeles with a five-year, $80-million deal. Turner was close to reaching a four-year contract believed to be worth $64 million.

Turner, given his previous three seasons, seems grossly underpaid at $16 million a year. That means the Dodgers expect him to average two WAR a season, when he averaged four WAR over the last three years. I suspect the Dodgers don’t trust a late bloomer to maintain that level very long. Jansen’s contract is right where it should be, and I wonder how much of a discount he gave the Dodgers. The MLBPA used to frown on such things.

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