LOS ANGELES -- It was a wedding and a renewal in a matter of two days for Los Angeles Dodgers closer Kenley Jansen.

Talk about closing a deal.

Jansen walked down the aisle to get married in his native Curacao on Saturday, even though he did not know what city he might be located in next season and what his pay scale might be, although he probably had a good idea on that one.

So as closers Mark Melancon and Aroldis Chapman signed lucrative deals during last week’s winter meetings, with the San Francisco Giants and New York Yankees, respectively, Jansen waited. He still had plenty of reasons to raise a toast.

Now he has another reason -- a five-year, $80 million contract to return to the Dodgers, even though not long ago it seemed as if the club might be unwilling to sign each of the players in its high-profile free-agent trio of Rich Hill, Justin Turner and Jansen.

As the going rate for closers only seemed to rise, the Dodgers appeared in a position to have to choose between Turner and Jansen after re-signing Hill last week. Now they might get all three; Turner is close to a deal as well.

Melancon went first at the winter meetings, signing his four-year, $62 million deal. Chapman found a taker in the Yankees last week at five years and $86 million. Jansen will now slot in just behind Chapman. The three deals are the highest three ever paid to a relief pitcher.

Jansen showed he was worth it -- not only this past season, when he had a 1.83 ERA and 47 saves, but also ever since the club shifted him from catcher to pitcher in 2009. Over the past three seasons, he has saved 127 games and did not post an ERA above 2.76 in any of those seasons.

Jansen has saved 189 games in his career, a Dodgers record. He has 632 strikeouts, also a Dodgers record for a reliever.

He is a commodity the Dodgers decided they simply could not live without, even if they had to shell out so much money for a player who has never thrown 77 innings in one season.

“It's significant,” manager Dave Roberts said last week at the winter meetings about having a closer he could count on. “There's a comfort level when you have a guy that you know and can trust that can close out a game. But there's still different ways, different formulas. But, obviously, that elite closer, there's a reason they are elite.”

Roberts sounded, at times, as if he was resigned to the idea of not having Jansen at his disposal again. The Dodgers’ decision-makers ultimately decided he was a player they could not live without.

On Saturday, Jansen committed to a partner for life. Two days later, he recommitted to the only team he has ever known, for at least the next five years, anyway (not counting that reported opt-out after three years).