James Paxton says he feels closest to his late father, Bill Paxton, on the set of a film or series that he's working on, so it makes perfect sense he would want to take part in Twisters.

$11-million deal with free-agent left-hander James Paxton, the team announced Monday. Though Paxton, 35, will lack the flash of fellow offseason acquisitions Yoshinobu Yamamoto and Tyler Glasnow ...