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Jose_Bautista
Casey Janssen is an extremely underrated relief pitcher.
Pitching to a tune of 6-0 with 2.26ERA to go with 2.3 BB/9 and 8.6 SO/9 is no easy job.
Good to see he is being locked up.
Chris Bosh
Awesome. I was hoping the Jays would keep him around for a couple more years and not let him walk like they’ve done with numerous other relievers. Very solid 7th inning guy and potential set-up guy should CoCo falter.
Mike R Christian
Big contract for a guy who was actually sent down (no fault of his) earlier in 2011….
David Wang
How do you know how big the contract is….
My guess is somewhere around 2/6MM with a 4.5M option
Nothing near breaking the bank
Mick_In_Ithaca
I doubt it’ll be anywhere close to that high, since the arb figures were around 2M from each side. I’m guessing 2M, 2.3M and 2.5 for the option year.
David Wang
Called it almost perfectly 😉
Mick_In_Ithaca
You were right. I was wrong.
Usually when I make guesses about money, I guess too high; like when I guess how much dough I have left in my bank account.
As penance, I will refrain from making guesses of any kind until after the All-Star break.
Howard
No big deal. Casey has always exceled decently while in the Majors. he’s had some shaky games here and there, even started for us a couple times years ago. He did amazing the best pitcher in our bullpen by far last year. He would of been a sweet 8th inning guy but they already said 7th inning is his.
Jaysfan724
I’m glad to see Janssen found his niche as a reliever versus a starter. He did really well last year in the Jays pen, and hopefully he finds similar success in the coming years.
suhiscrazierthanyou
agreed and it looks like Litsch is following his lead…
vilifyingforce
Glad to see it getting done. I think Janssen is just hitting his stride and will likely surpass Cordero on the depth chart by the end of the season and be our set-up guy.