Elvis Andrus and the Rangers have agreed on an eight-year, $120 million contract extension, CBSSports.com Baseball Insider Jon Heyman comfirmed early Monday. The deal means the team now has a total of $131 million committed to the shortstop over the next 10 years.
Andrus would have been a free agent at the end of the 2014 season.
The team is now stacked with middle infield options, with Ian Kinsler at second base and top shortstop prospect Jurickson Profar in the minors.
The team could move Kinsler to first base next season -- or somewhere else -- making room for the highly touted Profar, Heyman suggested. But the team has not announced such a plan.