Texas Rangers sign former Toronto Blue Jays catcher Danny Jansen to multi year deal
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The Texas Rangers have signed former Toronto Blue Jays catcher Danny Jansen.
According to Robert Murray of FanSided, the Rangers are in agreement with free agent catcher Danny Jansen on a two-year, $14.5MM deal.
Free-agent catcher Danny Jansen and the Texas Rangers are in agreement on a two-year, $14.5 million contract that includes bonuses to get it to $15.5 million, according to sources familiar with the deal.
Texas needed a catcher after non-tendering Jonah Heim
The 30-year-old Jansen (31 in April) was an underrated all-around catcher early in his career with the Blue Jays.
He generally performed well in limited playing time but struggled to stay healthy for a full season.
Jansen has avoided injuries over the past two years except for a small wrist fracture that cost him the first couple weeks of the 2024 campaign.
His production on both sides of the ball dropped that year, though, leaving him to take an $8.5MM pillow contract with the Rays.
Jansen's numbers rebounded to an extent in Tampa Bay. He hit .204/.314/.389 with 11 home runs across 259 plate appearances.
It was at least a jump from a power perspective, as he connected on two more homers in that half-season than he had over 94 games in 2024.
His defensive performance was mixed. Jansen is among the league's best at blocking balls in the dirt, but his pitch framing numbers have declined over the past couple years.
He doesn't have great pure arm strength yet managed to throw out a solid 24% of baserunners after struggling in that regard in 2024.
Tampa Bay dealt him to the Brewers at the deadline. While it was surely a nice return home for the Appleton, Wisconsin native, that wasn't an ideal landing spot a couple months before free agency.
Danny Jansen is finishing the regular season strong for the Brewers, with hits in his first two at-bats today including a full-count, go-ahead, two-run homer in the fourth for a 3-2 Brewers lead.
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