SURPRISE, Ariz. \u2014 Left-handed reliever Jalen Beeks has joined the Texas Rangers on a one-year deal worth $1.6 million.<\/p>\n
The 32-year-old Beeks went 5-3 with one save and a 3.77 ERA in 61 appearances for the Arizona Diamondbacks last season. He struck out 47 over 57 1\/3 innings.<\/p>\n
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He also was equally effective against left-handed and right-handed hitters. He allowed a .624 OPS against right-handers and a .611 OPS to lefties.<\/p>\n
Beeks can earn $1 million in performance bonuses for games pitched: $75,000 each for 10 and 15, $100,000 for 20, and $125,000 apiece for 25, 30, 40, 50, 60 and 65.<\/p>\n
Beeks owns a 28-18 record, 4.31 ERA and 16 saves in 263 career appearances with the Boston Red Sox (2018), Tampa Bay Rays (2019-20, 2022-23), Colorado Rockies (2024), Pittsburgh Pirates (2024) and Arizona (2025).<\/p>\n
The Rangers made room for Beeks on their 40-man roster by designating right-handed pitcher Alexis D\u00edaz for assignment.<\/p>\n
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D\u00edaz, 29, was 1-0 with an 8.15 ERA in 18 combined appearances with the Cincinnati Reds, Los Angeles Dodgers and Atlanta Braves last season. He made an All-Star team with Cincinnati in 2023.<\/p>\n
In three Cactus League appearances with the Rangers, D\u00edaz allowed eight earned runs over 1 2\/3 innings.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SURPRISE, Ariz. \u2014 Left-handed reliever Jalen Beeks has joined the Texas Rangers on a one-year deal worth $1.6…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":623934,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2404],"tags":[1096,146,22,4314,46,5,48,50,52,38,657,57,4,64,68,69,3825],"class_list":["post-623933","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arizona-diamondbacks","tag-alexis-diaz","tag-arizona","tag-arizona-diamondbacks","tag-arizonadiamondbacks","tag-atlanta-braves","tag-baseball","tag-boston-red-sox","tag-cincinnati-reds","tag-colorado-rockies","tag-diamondbacks","tag-jalen-beeks","tag-los-angeles-dodgers","tag-mlb","tag-pittsburgh-pirates","tag-tampa-bay-rays","tag-texas-rangers","tag-the-rangers"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116229314651191631","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/623933","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=623933"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/623933\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/623934"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=623933"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=623933"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=623933"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}