Daniel Robert Jansen is an American professional baseball catcher who currently plays for the Toronto Blue Jays in Major League Baseball. On April 15, 1995, he was born in the United States (MLB).
During the 2013 Major League Baseball draft, the Toronto Blue Jays selected Ryan Jansen in the 16th round of available players.
In 2014 and 2015, he was a member of the Lansing Lugnuts at Class A level and the Gulf Coast League Blue Jays at Rookie-level.
The Dunedin Blue Jays at the Advanced-A level were the team he played for during the 2016 season in the minor leagues. Jansen began using eyewear to compensate for his eyesight issues before the beginning of the 2017 season.
On August 12, 2018, the Blue Jays promoted Jansen to the major leagues. The next night, he made his major league debut, hitting two singles in a 3–1 defeat to the Kansas City Royals.
Since Billy Rohr and Russ Gibson debuted in the same American League game in April 1967, he and Sean Reid-Foley were the first batterymates to do it.
On August 14, against Royals pitcher Heath Fillmyer, Jansen launched his first big league home run, breaking a 3–3 tie in a game the Blue Jays would go on to win 6–5.
How Tall Is Danny Jansen?
The height of Danny Jansen is 1.88 meters, and he weighs 104 kg.