Tampa Bay Rays and catcher Danny Jansen finalize $8.5 million, 1-year contract

Tampa Bay Rays and catcher Danny Jansen finalize $8.5 million, 1-year contract | iNFOnews.ca
FILE - Boston Red Sox's Danny Jansen connects for an RBI single in the eighth inning of a baseball game against the Texas Rangers at Fenway Park, Aug. 14, 2024, in Boston. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Veteran catcher Danny Jansen and the Tampa Bay Rays finalized an $8.5 million, one-year contract Thursday.

The deal includes a $12 million mutual option for 2026 with a $500,000 buyout.

Jansen, who turns 30 in April, hit .205 with nine homers and 24 RBIs last season for Toronto and Boston, which acquired him from the Blue Jays in a July 27 trade.

He made headlines when he played for both teams in the same suspended game — a first in major league history. Jansen even batted for both clubs in the same inning of a rain-delayed contest he started for Toronto in June before it was completed in late August.

Jansen has a .220 batting average with 74 homers and 220 RBIs in seven major league seasons with Toronto (2018-24) and Boston.

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