The Texas Rangers have agreed to terms with catcher Matt Treanor on a one-year, $850,000 contract.

Re-signing Treanor, 34, was a priority for the Rangers’ front-office this winter after the club decided against bringing back veteran backstop Bengie Molina, who hit the free agent market shortly after the Rangers lost to the San Francisco Giants in the World Series.

Treanor returns to Texas as the batterymate for starting pitcher C.J. Wilson, and will also serve as the backup to Yorvit Torrealba, who signed with the Rangers last month to be team’s No. 1 catcher for 2011.

Acquired from the Milwaukee Brewers prior to the start of the 2010 season, Treanor rewarded the Rangers by setting career-highs in games played (82), at-bats (237), runs (22), hits (50), home runs (5) and RBIs (27).

Treanor owns a .227 career batting average in six major league seasons with Florida, Detroit and Texas.

The Texas Rangers and catcher Yorvit Torrealba have agreed to a two-year, $6.25 million contract.

Signing Torrealba fills a vacancy behind the plate for the Rangers, who entered the off-season with Taylor Teagarden as the team's only backstop under contract for next season.

Torrealba, 32, played in 95 games for the San Diego Padres in 2010, hitting .271 with seven home runs and 37 RBIs.

Texas is also contemplating bringing back free-agent Matt Treanor, who's expressed his desire to return to the Rangers in 2011.

The 34-year-old Treanor served as the club's backup catcher toward the end of the regular season and during the postseason, and would likely be used in a similar role next year.

The Texas Rangers announced Wednesday they have declined Vladimir Guerrero’s $9 million option for 2011.

The Rangers will pay Guerrero a $1 million buyout, allowing the 14-year veteran to become a free agent.

After signing a one-year, $5.5 million contract with Texas last winter, Guerrero proved to be one of this season’s best bargains in all of baseball.

A 2010 All-Star, Guerrero batted .300 with 29 home runs and a team-leading 115 RBIs, but wasn’t as productive in the postseason, batting .220 (13-for-59) with no home runs and six RBI.

Guerrero hit the go-ahead two-RBI double in Texas’ Game 6 ALCS-clinching victory over the New York Yankees, but struggled during the World Series against the San Francisco Giants, going 1-for-14 (.071).

The Rangers, however, haven’t ruled out the possibility of bringing back the 35-year-old Guerrero for next season. 

Guerrero, the 2004 AL Most Valuable Player, is a nine-time All Star, and owns a .320 career batting average with 436 home runs.