MLB.com: Holaday feeling comfortable after trade to Rangers

MLB.com: Holaday feeling comfortable after trade to Rangers

By Anthony Andro / Special to MLB.com

ARLINGTON — Catcher Bryan Holaday has been a busy man over the past 48 hours, packing his family up after Texas acquired him from Detroit on Tuesday as part of a three-player trade.

And while moving is never easy, at least Holaday and his family will be able to utilize their offseason home on a full-time basis.

Holaday, who will be the club’s backup catcher after the Rangers sent catcher Bobby Wilsonand Minor League pitcher Myles Jay to the Tigers, lives in Fort Worth in the offseason with his wife Ashley and their two young children.

Holaday played collegiately at TCU and was a high school star at W.T. White in Dallas.

The comfort level with his surroundings is a huge benefit for Holaday.

“This is amazing and I couldn’t be happier,” said Holaday, who met with the media on Thursday and will be with the Rangers for their exhibition game against the Indians at Globe Life Park on Friday. “I’m settled in now, and it’s pretty nice to be able to just come home. It takes a lot of the stress of trying to find a place, not finding a place and stuff like that off you. Now I can focus on baseball.” …

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