<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/red-sox-news-kenley-jansen-exits-yankees-game-with-concerning-injury');   ga('set', 'title', 'Red Sox’s Kenley Jansen exits Yankees game with concerning injury');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Kenley-Jansen-Red-Sox.jpg"></figure><h1>Red Sox’s Kenley Jansen exits Yankees game with concerning injury</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2023-09-12T20:22:03-07:00">September 12th, 8:22pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2023-09-12T20:23:14-07:00">September 12th, 8:23pm</time><address><a>Rexwell Villas</a>A Communications Arts graduate from the University of Santo Tomas in the Philippines, Rex claims to have JR Smith's conscience with his shot selection. He has won a basketball, a baseball, and a football championship in fantasy all within a year.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">MLB</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Boston Red Sox pulled closer Kenley Jansen from the mound during <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/yankees-red-sox-prediction-odds-pick-how-to-watch-game-2-9-12-2023" rel="noopener">Tuesday night’s game</a> against the New York Yankees over an apparent health issue. The veteran pitcher was only able to throw a total of 13 pitches before Boston called it a night for him.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Kenley Jansen left the game with trainers after 13 pitches tonight <a href="https://t.co/6W97Eo80xT">pic.twitter.com/6W97Eo80xT</a></p><p>— Talkin’ Baseball (@TalkinBaseball_) <a href="https://twitter.com/TalkinBaseball_/status/1701787609045856686?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 13, 2023</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>It was not immediately clear what exactly caused the premature end to Jansen’s trip to the mound versus their division rivals, but Christopher Smith of MassLive.com later reported that the Red Sox removed the reliever from the game due to “<a href="https://twitter.com/SmittyOnMLB/status/1701788320257241489" rel="noopener">fatigue and illness symptoms</a>.”</p><p>Upon his exit from the Yankees game, the Red Sox sent Nick Robertson to finish things up on the mound, tossing a scoreless inning and allowing just a walk with three strikeouts to end the night for Boston, which lost to New York, 4-1.</p><p>Prior to this appearance against the Yankees, Kenley Jansen last pitched nearly a week ago during a September 5 game at Tropicana Field against the Tampa Bay Rays. In that game, Jansen got charged for three runs on a hit with a walk issued and zero strikeouts in only 13 pitches thrown. It was a blown save that also earned him his sixth loss of the 2023 MLB regular season.</p><p>The Red Sox are still several games out of the third and final Wild Card spot in the American League and almost 20 games behind the top position in the AL East. But if they need any motivation to win games despite their dire playoff chances, it’s that they are in a neck-and-neck battle with the Yankees for having the better record <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/beantown-rundown-triston-casas-al-rookie-of-the-year-favorite-torrid-stretch-red-sox-continues" rel="noopener">by the end of the season</a>.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Red Sox’s Kenley Jansen exits Yankees game with concerning injury

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/red-sox-kenley-jansen-injury-dodgers');   ga('set', 'title', 'Red Sox’ Kenley Jansen injury status vs. Dodgers, revealed');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Kenley-Jansen-injury-status-vs.-Dodgers-revealed.jpg"></figure><h1>Red Sox’ Kenley Jansen injury status vs. Dodgers, revealed</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2023-08-26T12:04:18-07:00">August 26th, 12:04pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2023-08-26T12:04:18-07:00">August 26th, 12:04pm</time><address><a>Anthony Riccobono</a>Anthony Riccobono has been a sports reporter for over a decade. He primarily covers the NFL, MLB and NBA.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">MLB</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p><a href="https://clutchpoints.com/red-sox-news-kenley-jansen-sustains-potentially-serious-injury-that-will-leave-fans-wincing" rel="noopener">Kenley Jansen’s injury</a> might not keep him from pitching for the Boston Red Sox in this weekend’s series with the Los Angeles Dodgers. Kenley Jansen threw a live batting practice session that <a href="https://twitter.com/IanMBrowne/status/1695503914739622101">went well</a>, and the Red Sox pitcher thinks he can pitch Sunday in the series finale with the Dodgers, according to MLB.com’s Ian Browne.</p><p>Jansen left Wednesday’s against the Houston Astros early with hamstring tightness. The Red Sox closer only threw three pitches before heading to the dugout. Jansen later said that he <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/red-sox-news-kenley-jansen-positive-update-hamstring-injury" rel="noopener">hoped to avoid a stint</a> on the IL.</p><p>The <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/red-sox-news-kenley-jansens-fiery-take" rel="noopener">Red Sox-Dodgers series</a> is highlighted by the players who are facing their former long-time team. Boston fans <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/red-sox-news-fans-nuts-mookie-betts-return-fenway-dodgers" rel="noopener">showered Mookie Betts with cheers</a> in his first game back at Fenway Park. Jenson spent the first 12 years of his MLB career in Los Angeles. He saved 350 games and pitched to a 2.37 ERA with the Dodgers from 2010-2021.</p><p>Betts scored two runs in the Dodgers’ 7-4 win over the Red Sox Friday.</p><p>The Red Sox can ill-afford to lose any key players for a significant period of time. Boston entered Saturday 4.5 games behind Houston for the third and final AL wild-card spot. The team split this week’s four-game series with the Astros. The Toronto Blue Jays are also ahead of Boston in the wild-card standings.</p><p>Jansen has 29 saves and a 2.80 ERA in his first season with Boston. The veteran had been terrific in August before getting hurt. Jansen has allowed one run and four baserunners in 7.1 innings this month, going six-for-six in save opportunities and picking up his third win of the 2023 campaign.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Red Sox’ Kenley Jansen injury status vs. Dodgers, revealed

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/red-sox-news-kenley-jansens-fiery-take');   ga('set', 'title', 'Kenley Jansen’s fiery take ahead of pivotal Dodgers series will have Red Sox fans fired up');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/red-sox-news-kenley-jansens-fiery-take-ahead-of-pivotal-dodgers-series-will-have-fans-fired-up.jpeg"></figure><h1>Kenley Jansen’s fiery take ahead of pivotal Dodgers series will have Red Sox fans fired up</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2023-08-25T10:09:20-07:00">August 25th, 10:09am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2023-08-25T10:09:20-07:00">August 25th, 10:09am</time><address><a>Andrew Meyers</a>Andrew Meyers is an avid sports fan with a fondness for Philadelphia teams that rarely love him back. He has two degrees from Quinnipiac University, including a master's in sports journalism. Outside of ClutchPoints, Meyers does play-by-play broadcasting for various colleges in the northeast.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">MLB</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Kenley Jansen knows a playoff team when he sees one. The Boston Red Sox closer has pitched in 10 straight postseasons and won a World Series with the Los Angeles Dodgers in 2020.</p><p>With the Red Sox in the midst of a playoff push, Jansen is <a href="https://twitter.com/SmittyOnMLB/status/1695096331700691245" rel="noopener">sending some motivation</a> to his Boston teammates ahead of a weekend series against his former team.</p><p>“Hopefully, we can get this thing together and figure it out to have a winning team,” Jansen said, via Christopher Smith. “I believe in this team. I really do believe in this team. But we’ve got to put it together for us to be a winning team.”</p><p><a href="https://clutchpoints.com/red-sox-news-bostons-demolition-astros-feat-not-seen-nearly-decade" rel="noopener">The Red Sox are feeling good</a> right now after a 16-run walloping of the Houston Astros on Thursday, earning a series split against the reigning World Series champions.</p><p>The Red Sox are 68-60 with 34 games left in the season. They are currently 3.5 games out of an American League wild card spot and face one other league’s toughest remaining schedules. It also doesn’t help that <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/red-sox-news-kenley-jansen-positive-update-hamstring-injury" rel="noopener">Kenley Jansen is sidelined</a> for the foreseeable future with a hamstring issue, though he is not expected to go on the injured list.</p><p>Jansen threw three pitches in his last appearance before being removed. The Red Sox certainly can’t afford to lose him for very long as he’s been one of the best closers in the MLB this season. He has a 2.81 ERA and 29 saves in 46 appearances.</p><p>Boston has turned some heads in what was supposed to be a mediocre year. It could make even more noise with a <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/red-sox-biggest-concerns-playoff-stretch-run" rel="noopener">trip to the postseason,</a> where it is never easy to win at Fenway Park.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Kenley Jansen’s fiery take ahead of pivotal Dodgers series will have Red Sox fans fired up

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/red-sox-news-kenley-jansen-positive-update-hamstring-injury');   ga('set', 'title', 'Red Sox closer Kenley Jansen offers positive update on recent hamstring injury');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/red-sox-news-kenley-jansen-offers-positive-update-on-recent-hamstring-injury.jpg"></figure><h1>Red Sox closer Kenley Jansen offers positive update on recent hamstring injury</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2023-08-24T09:51:37-07:00">August 24th, 9:51am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2023-08-24T09:51:37-07:00">August 24th, 9:51am</time><address><a>Matt Wadleigh</a>Matthew Wadleigh was born and raised in Oceanside and resides in Fresno. He lives with his wife and two dogs. He is a huge Southern California sports fan and a retired member of the Fresno State drumline.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">MLB</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Boston Red Sox are holding out hope of somehow <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/red-sox-biggest-concerns-playoff-stretch-run" rel="noopener">landing a Wild Card spot</a>. However, it is going to be an uphill battle, with them currently four games behind the Seattle Mariners for the third spot. An injury to Kenley Jansen certainly isn’t good news for the Red Sox, but he gave a somewhat <a href="https://twitter.com/SmittyOnMLB/status/1694738056819953803" rel="noopener">promising update</a>, per Christopher Smith of MassLive.com.</p><p>‘Red Sox closer Kenley Jansen said he feels good today and he’ll see how the hamstring feels in the coming days. He sounded confident he’d be able to avoid the IL. He talked about this being a crucial time and wanting to be out there.’</p><p>Against the Houston Astros on Wednesday night, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/red-sox-news-kenley-jansen-sustains-potentially-serious-injury-that-will-leave-fans-wincing" rel="noopener">Jansen left early</a> with some discomfort, and Red Sox fans immediately went into panic mode. But this update seems to be positive, and it’s all the more important with September coming up.</p><p>Jansen has been a rock in the closer role in his first season with the Red Sox after spending last season with the Atlanta Braves. So far this season, he has gone 3-5 with a 2.81 ERA and 29 saves in 46 appearances, and the Jansen addition has proven to be one of the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/beantown-rundown-red-sox-justin-turner-kenley-jansen-2-best-free-agent-signings-offseason" rel="noopener">best signings for the Red Sox</a> this offseason.</p><p>Jansen was named to the All-Star team as the team’s lone representative, and the veteran has exceeded expectations this year. If he can avoid an IL stint, that would be a huge bonus for the team as they try to gain ground in the playoff race.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Red Sox closer Kenley Jansen offers positive update on recent hamstring injury

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/red-sox-news-kenley-jansen-sustains-potentially-serious-injury-that-will-leave-fans-wincing');   ga('set', 'title', 'Red Sox reliever Kenley Jansen sustains potentially serious injury that will leave fans wincing');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Kenley-Jansen-injury-Red-Sox-Astros.jpg"></figure><h1>Red Sox reliever Kenley Jansen sustains potentially serious injury that will leave fans wincing</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2023-08-23T21:42:48-07:00">August 23rd, 9:42pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2023-08-23T22:57:18-07:00">August 23rd, 10:57pm</time><address><a href="https://letterboxd.com/splooshpuhrty/films/by/your-rating/">Jedd Pagaduan</a>Loves Arsenal and the Los Angeles Clippers, so his loyalty can never be questioned. This guy has been through enough sports trauma for one lifetime -- so he writes about it instead as a form of therapy. (It hasn't worked though. Someday maybe it will -- especially when he's been working for ClutchPoints since August 2022.)</address><h3 class="op-kicker">MLB</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Boston Red Sox are still <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/red-sox-news-boston-clubhouse-celebration-successful-sweep-will-yankees-furious" rel="noopener">within striking distance</a> of the third wild card spot in the American League, as they find themselves only four games back from the red-hot Seattle Mariners. On Wednesday night, the Red Sox scored a 7-5 win over the Houston Astros to remain near their tails in the playoff race. But it did not come <a href="https://twitter.com/tylermilliken_/status/1694547639050637587" rel="noopener">without a cost</a>, as the team saw one of its best relievers, Kenley Jansen, exit the game in the bottom of the ninth inning.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Kenley Jansen looked really uncomfortable walking off.</p><p>Brutal for the Red Sox.</p><p>Can’t afford to lose him right now.</p><p> <a href="https://t.co/PpkjtrSTmD">pic.twitter.com/PpkjtrSTmD</a></p><p>— Tyler Milliken ⚾️ (@tylermilliken_) <a href="https://twitter.com/tylermilliken_/status/1694547639050637587?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 24, 2023</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>Jansen had only thrown three pitches to that point, but it was clear that he was experiencing discomfort in his lower body. He was walking gingerly towards the clubhouse, which is a worrying sign for the Red Sox contingent heading into the September stretch run. Following the game, a contest that ended in extra innings euphoria for the Red Sox, the team announced that the 35-year old reliever exited prematurely <a href="https://www.masslive.com/redsox/2023/08/kenley-jansen-leaves-red-sox-game-vs-astros-in-ninth-inning-with-injury.html" rel="noopener">due to left hamstring tightness</a>, per Mass Live.</p><p>In Kenley Jansen’s stead, the Red Sox relied on Nick Pivetta and Josh Winckowski to try and seal the deal against the Astros on Wednesday night. While those two ended up finishing the job for them, their relief outings did not come without its nervy moments. Winckowski, in particular, had to pitch the Red Sox out of the jam he created.</p><p>Winckowski allowed three hits in the bottom of the 10th inning, even allowing the lead runner from second base to score to cut the Red Sox’s lead to just two runs. He then proceeded to load the bases after allowing a single to Jeremy Pena. But after that, the 25-year old reliever found his groove, striking out Mauricio Dubon and inducing a groundout from Corey Julks to give the Red Sox their 67th win of the season.</p><p>Nevertheless, the Red Sox will be needing Kenley Jansen to recover as soon as possible. He has been the team’s best reliever thus far this season,<a href="https://www.fangraphs.com/players/kenley-jansen/3096/stats?position=P" rel="noopener"> having tallied 1.2 WAR</a> (per Fangraphs) to go along with 29 saves. The team will be needing the likes of Chris Martin, Pivetta, Winckowski, and Brennan Bernardino to be at their best to help <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/red-sox-news-kenley-jansen-gets-100-real-on-boston-weapon-paving-the-way-for-a-filthy-bullpen" rel="noopener">reinforce the team’s bullpen</a> should Jansen need to miss some time.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

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