Danny Jansen has performed his complete seven-year main league profession within the American League East.
A free agent who ended the 2024 season with the Boston Pink Sox, Jansen seems poised to remain near the acquainted confines of the one division he is ever recognized. In accordance with a number of experiences Friday, the Tampa Bay Rays are closing in on a contract with the free agent catcher.
Robert Murray of FanSided experiences Jansen will get a one-year, $8.5 million contract.
Free-agent catcher Danny Jansen and the Tampa Bay Rays are in settlement on a one-year, $8.5 million contract, pending bodily, in accordance with sources conversant in the deal.
Jansen had multi-year gives, however selected to wager on himself coming off a down season, and goes to a spot…
— Robert Murray (@ByRobertMurray) December 6, 2024
Jansen, 29, was maybe the highest identify in a shallow market at no cost agent catchers. He is a profession .220 hitter, with 74 residence runs and 220 RBIs in 501 video games with the Toronto Blue Jays and Boston Pink Sox from 2018-24.
Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Occasions was first to report the 2 sides have been shut.
Listening to #Rays are in critical talks with C Danny Jansen and shutting in on a deal
— Marc Topkin (@TBTimes_Rays) December 6, 2024
Final season, Jansen was traded from Toronto to Boston on the deadline. He slashed .205/.309/.349 in 92 video games in all.
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