Dodgers’ Kenley Jansen receives honor, praise from Mariano Rivera

HOUSTON — The hours before Game 4 of the World Series wasn’t the time to compare cutters. But Kenley Jansen is getting closer to the man with whom he is often linked.
Yankees great Mariano Rivera took part in the pregame ceremony Saturday as Jansen was named the first repeat winner of the National League’s Trevor Hoffman Award given to the top reliever in the National League. Red Sox closer Craig Kimbrel was named the American League winner of the Mariano Rivera Award