Kenley Jansen converted 36 of 38 save opportunities in 2015. (Keith Birmingham/Staff photographer)

This is Part 25 of a series in which every member of the 2015 Dodgers has his season juxtaposed with an episode of the greatest sitcom of all-time. Don’t take it too seriously.

Kenley Jansen, RHP

Key stats: 2-1, 2.41 ERA, 36/38 save opportunities in 54 games.

Seinfeld episode: “The Burning.” (Season 9, Episode 16)

Key quote: “I’m sure she’s a little self-conscious and doesn’t like to talk about it.”

Kenley Jansen is becoming that rare delightfully boring athlete. Machine-like. Tim Duncan is that way. Tiger Woods was that way in his prime. The practice of comparing Jansen to Mariano Rivera is a bit tired in and of itself, but it’s true on this level: Jansen throws the same pitch (a cut fastball) in the same inning (the ninth) night in and night out. As long as he’s healthy, his year-in-review piece is going to sound like a broken record.

Health was what made Jansen’s 2015 season interesting, the occasional wrench in the machine.

In February, Jansen had surgery to remove a bone growth from his left foot. The recovery wiped out his spring training and prevented him from making his season debut until May 15.

Jansen then picked up where he left off in 2014, stabilizing the ninth inning by converting 36 of 38 save opportunities. He amassed a laundry list of eye-popping “when-healthy” stats. My favorite one might be this: Opposing batters had a .274 OPS when swinging at the first pitch against Jansen, the lowest against any pitcher in baseball.

But perhaps the best demonstration of Jansen’s value came on a cold night in Colorado. Here’s what I wrote at the time about that strange night:

Four pitchers appeared in the ninth inning with the Dodgers trying to preserve a 6-4 lead. Adam Liberatore remained in the game after pitching the eighth and he allowed hits to the first two batters. Yimi Garcia walked the only two batters he faced. The second walk came with the bases loaded.

J.P. Howell‘s first pitch to Carlos Gonzalez bounced off Yasmani Grandal‘s glove and toward the backstop, allowing the tying run to score. Howell then walked Gonzalez intentionally to load the bases. Chris Hatcher allowed a sacrifice fly by Nolan Arenado with the infield drawn in, scoring D.J. LeMahieu to win the game.

Of the four pitchers the Dodgers used in the inning, only Hatcher recorded an out.

So where was Jansen?

Jansen was in the building but didn’t speak to reporters that night. It eventually came out that altitude sickness had wreaked havoc on Jansen’s well-being, enough that he declared himself ineligible midgame.

In “The Burning,’ Jerry’s girlfriend is hiding something from him — a “tractor story” — and Jerry and pals spend the entire episode trying to figure out what it is. (Sort of like a handful of reporters on that June night in Denver. Except funnier.)