Free agent catcher Danny Jansen and the Rangers have agreed to a two-year, $14.5 million deal, a source told MLB.com's Mark Feinsand. In addition, Texas is also in agreement on one-year contracts with relievers Alexis Díaz and Tyler Alexander, according to ESPN's Jeff Passan. The club has not confirmed the news.
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Besides being the answer to a really cool trivia question -- Who was the first MLB player to play for both teams in the same game? -- Jansen has showcased decent pop and good blocking skills throughout his eight-year career.
He hit 14 homers last season, which he split between the Rays and the Brewers, and he has bopped double-digit dingers in four of the past five non-shortened seasons. The only outlier in that group is 2024, when Jansen had nine homers wh

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