Three Things You Need To Know About Ben Broussard

1) The Rangers picked up Broussard in a hot-stove deal with the Seattle Mariners for Tug Hulett. Broussard was arbitration-eligible, which is why the one-year, $3.85 million contract is a bit of a relief.

2) His bat’s a little anemic for what you would expect from a Rangers first baseman (.267/.328/ .458), but he makes up for it with great defensive chops.

3) If you go to BenBroussard.com, you won’t find a whole lot of baseball on the site’s front page. Instead, you’ll think you found a budding musician’s promo site. Broussard is a better-than-average guitarist and singer, and has been known to bust out the occasional charity gig or album on ya.