Jansen signed a two-year, $14.5 million contract with the Rangers on Friday, Robert Murray of FanSided.com reports.
Following a poor 2024 campaign, Jansen looked more like his usual self in '25, slashing .215/.321/.399 with 14 homers, 36 RBI and 38 runs scored across 337 regular-season plate appearances between Tampa Bay and Milwaukee. His return to form was enough to draw a multi-year commitment from Texas, where the 30-year-old will now compete with Kyle Higashioka for starting reps behind the plate.
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Danny Jansen: Reaches free agency
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The Brewers declined Jansen's $12 million mutual option for 2026 on Monday, Todd Rosiak of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports.
He'll be given a $500,000 buyout instead. Jansen slashed .215/.321/.399 with 14 home runs over 98 regular-season contests between the Rays and Brewers in 2025 and the 30-year-old catcher will now enter the free-agent market.
Jansen will start at catcher and bat seventh in Sunday's game against the Cardinals.
With the Brewers playing a day game after a night game and with top backstop Willson Contreras nursing a bruised hand coming out of Saturday's 3-2 win, Jansen will receive a turn behind the plate. Since being acquired from the Rays on July 28, Jansen is slashing .226/.311/.340 through his first 20 games with Milwaukee.
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Brewers' Danny Jansen: Starting behind plate in early game
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Jansen will start at catcher and bat eighth in the first game of Monday's doubleheader versus the Cubs.
William Contreras will get a break from catching but stay in the lineup at designated hitter for the first contest of the twin bill, enabling Jansen to make a second consecutive start. Since being acquired from the Rays on July 28, Jansen has seen light usage overall with Milwaukee, appearing in seven contests while slashing .222/.286/.278 with four runs and one RBI.
The Brewers acquired Jansen and cash considerations from the Rays on Monday in exchange for infielder Jadher Areinamo, Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times reports.
Jansen won't supplant William Contreras as Milwaukee's No. 1 catcher, but he will give the club an upgrade over Eric Haase for the top backup spot. The 30-year-old Jansen has posted an .820 OPS against left-handed pitching this season and is scheduled to become a free agent this winter.
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Rays' Danny Jansen: Resting Sunday
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Jansen is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Reds.
Jansen will receive a breather for the series finale after he had started behind the plate in each of the Rays' previous three contests. Matt Thaiss will handle catching duties for Tampa Bay on Sunday.
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Rays' Danny Jansen: Day off Tuesday
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Jansen isn't in the lineup for Tuesday's game against the White Sox, Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times reports.
Jansen will grab a seat on the bench Tuesday after making two consecutive starts, going 2-for-6 with a home run and an additional run scored in the process. Matt Thaiss will take over behind the plate and bat seventh.
Jansen isn't in the lineup for Saturday's game versus Baltimore, Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times reports.
Jansen will get a breather Saturday after going 1-for-2 with a home run, two runs scored and two walks in Friday's blowout victory. Matt Thaiss will start at catcher instead and bat ninth.
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Rays' Danny Jansen: Pops 10th homer
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Jansen went 1-for-2 with a solo home run, two runs scored and two walks Friday against the Orioles.
Jansen popped the home run in his first plate appearance of the game, bringing his total to 10 on the season. That surpasses his total from 2024, and he's also shown some signs of hitting for a better average by going 13-for-50 (.260) with 11 RBI and 10 runs scored across the last month. Jansen continues to draw around four starts per week behind the plate for the Rays.
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Rays' Danny Jansen: Getting afternoon off
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Jansen is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Red Sox, Ryan Bass of FanDuel Sports Network Sun reports.
Matt Thaiss will step in behind the plate while Jansen rests after starting at catcher in the Rays' previous two contests. Unless he's used off the bench Sunday, Jansen will wrap up Tampa Bay's first-half slate with a .207 average, nine home runs, 27 RBI and 24 runs over 66 games.
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Rays' Danny Jansen: Resting Thursday
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Jansen isn't in the lineup for Thursday's game against the Red Sox, Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times reports.
Jansen will head to the bench to begin Tampa Bay's four-game set against Boston after going 2-for-6 with an RBI and a run scored during the Rays' previous series in Detroit. Matt Thaiss will catch for Taj Bradley instead Thursday and bat eighth.
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Rays' Danny Jansen: On base four times
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Jansen went 3-for-3 with an RBI, a run scored and a walk Saturday against the Twins.
Jansen recorded his first three-hit game and just his third multi-hit performance in his last 17 starts. However, he has been productive in other ways in that span, and he now has 14 RBI and 12 runs scored. Jansen remains the primary catcher for the Rays and has started five of the team's last six games.
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Rays' Danny Jansen: Getting Sunday off
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Jansen is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Twins.
Jansen will receive a routine breather Sunday after he had started behind the plate in the first two games of the series. Matt Thaiss will replace Jansen as the Rays' starting catcher.
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Rays' Danny Jansen: On bench for series finale
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Jansen is out of the lineup for Wednesday's game against the Athletics.
The right-handed-hitting Jansen continues to serve as the Rays' primary catcher against left-handed pitching, but he and the lefty-hitting Matt Thaiss have essentially been working in a timeshare against righties since the latter backstop was acquired from the White Sox on May 27. Thaiss will get the nod behind the dish Wednesday after Jansen had started each of the last three contests, two of which came while the Athletics sent lefties to the hill.
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