Reds, Hanigan Agree on 3 year deal.

By HD.

The Cincinnati Reds and Catcher Ryan Hanigan have agreed to a 3 year deal worth 4 Million.

"I'm just excited to be part of this organization and the direction they're going," Hanigan said prior to the Reds' game at Salt River Fields at Talking Stick against the Rockies. "They're locking up some guys, and with the way things went last year, I just feel good to have a chance to be part of that."

The feeling is mutual. After all, not every player has a career track like Hanigan's, and not every team has the type of catching corps the Reds will boast again this year, with Hanigan and veteran Ramon Hernandez teaming up behind the plate.

"We're happy," Reds GM Walt Jocketty said. "It obviously gives him some financial security, and gives us a guy in place for the next two years after this as we transition some of our younger guys up here. He's done a good job and he deserves it.

"With he and Ramon this year, we have another year of what we think will be a great catching tandem, offensively and defensively."

Hanigan, 30, hit .300 with five homers and 40 RBIs last season in 70 games, joining with Hernandez to provide the Reds with perhaps the strongest catching tandem in the game. Combined, the two led all NL catchers in hitting (.296) and hits (154) while ranking second in RBI (88) and third in on-base percentage (.375).