Well, yesterday’s free agent poll certainly generated a bunch of activity. Let’s see what y’all have to say about this one.
The Rangers currently have two catchers on their 40 man roster — Danny Jansen and Logan O’Hoppe. Jansen is a free agent after the 2026 season, and O’Hoppe is a work-in-progress as far as his defense goes, so the expectation is that the Rangers will need to add a catcher this offseason.
So how about Carson Kelly? He’s 32, so not ancient, though he is older than Jansen. Briefly
a Ranger, when he slashed .235/.291/.343 in 31 games over the final two months of the 2024 season. Coming off two of the best seasons of his career with the Chicago Cubs, for whom he slashed .254/.335/.402 in 2025-26 over 846 plate appearances. A pretty solid offensive option behind the plate, as long as you don’t play him in September.
As far as the projections go, Baseball America has Kelly at 3 years, $32 million. Over at Fangraphs, both Ben Clemens and the median crowdsource have Kelly at $10 million per year, but Clemens says one year, $10 million, while the crowdsource says two years, $20 million. Kiley McDaniel has Kelly at 2 years, $17 million. MLB Trade Rumors has Kelly at two years, $20 million.
Let’s go with the two years, $20 million figure.
Would you want the Rangers to sign Carson Kelly to a 2 year, $20 million deal?
Cast your vote below…
