Jansen's wedding may have convinced him to stay in L.A., agent says

A sense of family might have been the reason for Kenley Jansen's decision to stay home.

After spending the entirety of his seven-year major-league career with the Los Angeles Dodgers, Jansen was instructed by his agent, Adam Katz, to "explore the market ... and extract the best position" in free agency, according to Bill Plunkett of the Orange County Register.

Instead, the right-hander took a pay cut, signing a five-year, $80-million contract to stay with the Dodgers.

Katz believes the decision was triggered at his wedding, where he was surrounded by teammates, family, and friends.

"At his wedding on Saturday, I think something pivoted for him," Katz said during an MLB Network Radio interview, Plunkett reports. "I think it was being with his teammates and his family. He got a jolt of how important family and continuity was and he called me over the weekend and said he was having difficulty processing leaving the Dodgers and instructed me to work hard to get it done."

Katz confirmed that both the Miami Marlins and Washington Nationals offered him better contracts. And while he can't give an exact reason why, it became clear the closer didn't want to go anywhere.

"I don't know what it was," Katz said. "I think it was family. He had some teammates there and he started focusing on his Dodgers family, the community, the fans in L.A., and it became difficult for him to process leaving.

"He pivoted over the weekend. He wanted to be a Dodger, no matter what."