JANUARY 23: The deal is complete, and will pay Tolleson $1MM, per Jon Heyman of Fan Rag (via Twitter).
JANUARY 17, 6:30pm: The deal, if completed, will be a Major League contract, Topkin tweets.
5:30pm: The Rays are close to an agreement with former Rangers closer Shawn Tolleson, reports Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times.
The soon-to-be 29-year-old right-hander was non-tendered by Texas last month after a poor 2016 campaign but was excellent as recently as 2014-15. In that two-year run of success, Tolleson logged a 2.