Dodgers, Kenley Jansen avoid arbitration with 1-year, $4.3 million contract.

Kenley JansenThe Dodgers avoided arbitration with Kenley Jansen on Tuesday, signing their closer to a one-year, $4.3 million contract.

Jansen had filed for $5.05 million and the Dodgers for $3.5 million. If the two sides couldn’t find middle ground in the next week, they would have had to present their case before an arbitration panel Feb. 18 in Tampa. The panel would have to decide to award Jansen either his salary request or the team’s.

The contract pays Jansen slightly more than the $4.275 midpoint of the two dollar values.

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J.P. Hoornstra covers the Dodgers, Angels and Major League Baseball for the Orange County Register, Los Angeles Daily News, Long Beach Press-Telegram, Torrance Daily Breeze, San Gabriel Valley Tribune, Pasadena Star-News, San Bernardino Sun, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin, Whittier Daily News and Redlands Daily Facts. Before taking the beat in 2012, J.P. covered the NHL for four years. UCLA gave him a degree once upon a time; when he graduated on schedule, he missed getting Arnold Schwarzenegger's autograph on his diploma by five months.