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Dodgers, Kenley Jansen enter offseason with uncertainty

ATLANTA — Kenley Jansen’s 2019 season ended with the Dodgers closer standing on the bullpen mound, baseball in hand, while Joe Kelly gave up a 10th-inning grand slam to Howie Kendrick in Game 5 of the National League Division Series against the Washington Nationals.

His 2020 season ended with Jansen wearing a hooded sweatshirt and watching from the bullpen as Julio Urias nailed down the final seven outs of a World Series-clinching win over Tampa Bay.

Jansen’s 2021 season came to a bitter end on Saturday night when the Dodgers, two wins shy of the World Series, were eliminated from the playoffs in a 4-2 loss to the Atlanta Braves in Game 6 of National League Championship Series at

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