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Jansen receives a $2 million buyout and heads back to the open market. The 39-year-old veteran stopper is just two saves away from joining Mariano Rivera and Trevor Hoffman as the only closers to reach the lofty 500-save plateau. He wound up converting just 22 of 28 saves to go along with an underwhelming 3.20 ERA (3.59 xERA) across 45 innings during his Tigers debut last year. He’s still capable of closing games, but his days as an elite stopper have been over for a couple years.

It didn’t look like Jansen would be needed as the Tigers took an 8-2 lead into the eighth inning, but after a five-run uprising by the Pirates in that frame, Jansen came on to close it out. He needed just 13 pitches (eight strikes) to retire the Pirates in order, tallying the 498th save of his career. With two games left to play, there’s still a chance that Jansen could reach that illustrious 500 number before all is said and done.

It didn’t look like Jansen would be needed as the Tigers faced an early 8-2 deficit in the game, but he was called upon after a five-run rally in the eighth inning flipped the game around. Jansen made it look easy in this one, getting Sam Antonacci on a fly out to left, Randal Grichuk on a fly ball to right and Munetaka Murakami on strikes to end it. The 38-year-old closer is now just three saves away from 500 for his career.

Protecting a one-run lead, Jansen walked George Springer to start the ninth inning before striking out Vladimir Guerrero Jr. and getting Alejandro Kirk to hit into a game-ending double play. It was his 20th save of the season and 496th of his career. Jansen has a 3.43 ERA this year, though he’s blown six save opportunities.

The Tigers entered the ninth inning with a comfortable 6-1 lead, but after the Rockies pushed a run across and had a couple of runners on base with two outs, Tigers’ skipper A.J. Hinch went to his closer to finish it out. The 38-year-old hurler got Connor Norby to strike out swinging to end the game. Jansen has now converted 19 of his first 25 save chances on the season while posting a 3.60 ERA.

Jansen got the call to protect a one-run lead in the final frame and immediately made things interesting by issuing a leadoff walk to Kody Clemens. He managed to wriggle out of the jam completely unscathed by coaxing a harmless fly ball from Ryan Jeffers before getting Josh Bell to hit into a game-ending double play. The 38-year-old veteran has converted 18 of 24 save opportunities this season to go along with a pedestrian 3.63 ERA across 39 2/3 innings of work.

Jansen came in to try and clean up Drew Sommers in the eighth inning and immediately let a three-run lead disappear after a bases loaded walk and two-run single. No runs were charged to him because he entered the game with the bases already loaded, but this was a poor showing from the legend.

Jansen’s save was his 17th of the year. He retired the side in order while recording a strikeout against the Rays Tuesday. It was career save No. 493 for Jansen, who’s third on the all-time saves list behind Hall-of-Famers Mariano Rivera and Trevor Hoffman.

It’s the fifth time in his long career that Jansen has allowed two homers; it happened once in 2013, twice in 2018, once in 2022 and once last year, when the Tigers actually homered off him three times while he was pitching for the Angels. The blown save was Jansen’s fifth of the year but first since May 24. As much as this loss hurt, Jansen, who had a 1.35 ERA since the beginning of July, should remain the Tigers’ primary closer for now.

Jansen’s save was his 16th of the season. He retired the side in order while recording two strikeouts. It was career save No. 492 for Jansen, who has allowed only two runs in his last 14 appearances (1.37 ERA). He has a 3.74 ERA on the year.

It wasn’t exactly an inspiring performance -- he allowed two sharp lineouts -- but Jansen had a 1-2-3 inning against the heart of the Guardians order to secure a 3-0 lead. He has a 1.50 WHIP in his last 15 games with 11 walks in 14 2/3 innings, so this remains tenuous, but he’s the clear closer here.

It’s his 490th career save. Working with a three-run lead, Jansen gave up a leadoff single and then walked back-to-back batters with one out, loading the bases. However, he got out of the jam with a routine sac fly to right and a grounder to second. Jansen has converted all seven of his save chances since coming off the IL in June. Since the beginning of July, he’s allowed only two runs despite walking nine in 11 1/3 innings. Jansen threw 29 pitches tonight, so the Tigers might look to Tyler Holton or someone else to close Wednesday.

Jansen gave up his run on a bunt single from Jeff McNeil. It was the second hit he allowed in the outing, but he was able to whiff two and keep the A’s from scoring again. That’s the 13th save of the season for Jansen, and it’s very possible that this could be the last for Detroit with the deadline looming.

He got a pinch-hitting Jac Caglianone to fly out, then struck out Vinnie Pasquantino and induced a Nick Loftin pop-up to end it. Jansen’s season has been rough, but he’s thrown seven straight scoreless innings to lower his season ERA to 3.90 and his WHIP to 1.23.

It hasn’t always been easy for Jansen this season, and this one was no exception for the 38-year-old hurler. He issued a leadoff walk to Shea Langeliers and then fell behind Jonah Heim before roaring back to strike him out. The veteran right-hander then allowed a single to Jacob Wilson to bring the tying run to the plate. He then got Lawrence Butler to line out to shortstop and Tyler Soderstom to line out to first to end it. He has now converted 11 of his 15 save chances on the year to go with a 4.76 ERA.

Jansen was able to get the save while throwing just 10 pitches and not allowing a hit, not getting a strikeout and not giving up a walk. It’s now 10 saves for the 38-year-old, and his ERA dips to a still-disappointing 4.98 on the campaign.

Jansen needed just seven pitches to navigate a scoreless ninth inning in a tied game, including a strikeout of Jeremy Pena. That prompted A.J. Hinch to send him back out there for the 10th, but that may have been a mistake. The 38-year-old hurler gave up an RBI single to Isaac Paredes and a three-run blast to Christian Walker before mercifully being removed. He now holds a miserable 5.31 ERA over 20 1/3 innings on the season to go with his nine saves.

It wasn’t as smooth as it was for him on Friday night, as Jansen allowed a one-out single to Chase Meidroth and issued a two-out walk to Junior Perez that brought the tying run to the plate. Jansen was then able to get Drew Romo to line out to center to end the ballgame. The 38-year-old hurler now holds a 4.00 ERA, 1.11 WHIP and a 22/10 K/BB ratio over 18 innings on the season while converting nine of his 13 save chances. If the Tigers don’t make up serious ground in the standings over the next few weeks, Jansen could find himself on the move before the trade deadline.

The 38-year-old hurler wasn’t messing around in this one, needing just 10 pitches (six strikes), including a strikeout of Tristan Peters to end it. Jansen has now converted seven saves on the season while posting a 4.32 ERA and a 21/9 K/BB ratio over his 16 2/3 innings of work.

The 38-year-old hurler has been shelved for the past couple of weeks due to a groin issue. He should step right back in as the Tigers’ primary closer with Will Vest shifting back to a setup role.