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Old 06-01-2025, 11:19 PM   #14
Syd Thrift
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Originally Posted by majesty95 View Post
Teams have been signing washed up All-Stars for years to drive fan interst on bad teams. It may be less of a thing today as there is so much access to info for players. But Kenley Jansen is in Anaheim. However, as a historical player, its highly useful in the 70's-90's as it was then.
Usually when this is done for cachet it’s a future HOFer / a guy chasing a milestone, not Kenley Jansen. Jansen got signed because someone has to close, he was an All Star 2 years ago, and still decent last year.
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