One of the most talked about baseball players in any off-season might finally get to rest. Carlos Correa has been in talks with various teams over the past few months, but couldn’t seem to come out of his free agency. The San Francisco Giants almost signed the shortstop until they retreated just hours before the official announcement. Then the Mets pounced on Correa, but once again, nothing came of it.
Now, it seems like Correa is back with the Minnesota Twins. He previously played for the Twins for one season, as well as seven seasons with the Houston Astros. Now as this drawn-out saga is finally coming to an end, the re-signing with the Twins has some people questioning Correa’s departure from the Astros. He could have apparently stayed with them and made a bigger deal.
Should Carlos Correa have stayed with the Astros?
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It certainly didn’t harm the Houston Astros to have Correa on their team. The shortstop led them to their first World Series finals in 2017, which they ended up winning against the LA Dodgers. But after losing to the Atlanta Braves in 2021, Correa announced he would be leaving the team.
He then signed a three-year deal with the Twins but pulled out after only one season. As other teams swooped in to sign him, concerns were expressed over his physical. Ultimately, he wasn’t able to sign with either the Mets or the Giants. And now it looks like he’s back with the Twins.
One of the twists in the Carlos Correa saga: In the end, he winds up getting a $200m deal over six years, parameters that the Astros may well have been willing to consider at the outset of his free agency in the fall of 2021.
— Buster Olney (@Buster_ESPN) January 12, 2023
According to Buster Olney, a renowned MLB insider, if only Correa had continued with the Astros, he would have been spared this long drama. The same deal could term and conditions would have been met by the Astros as well.
Are baseball fans over with the ongoing Correa saga?
Notably, it has been over two months since Correa has been the talking point in the MLB town because of his contract saga. After the Giants and Steve Cohen-owned the Mets failed to land the 28-year-old shortstop, the Twins signed the 2017 World Series champ on a six-year contract. And now, when this deal is finally official, MLB fans also weighed on their opinions on the $200 million deal.
Here is how they reacted:
Why would they do that ? Seriously Buster , think before you Tweet?
— metZZ 1986 (@bkfan09) January 12, 2023
Are we done talking about Correa now? Enough is enough
— CDiLO (@Camillo_AD) January 12, 2023
They were tanking.
— 2XWS Champion AstrosFan86 (@AstrosFan86) January 12, 2023
Okay, but would Correa himself have been receptive? Doubted for multiple years he would’ve considered another deal in Houston at any price.
— Benjamin Kassel 🇮🇱 🇺🇦 (@benjaminhk01) January 12, 2023
But Correa wouldn’t have been willing to sign that deal at that time. Irrelevant.
— Adam Johnson (@Coach_Guy_AJ) January 12, 2023
Here’s hoping we don’t have to hear about him again anytime soon
— The Lunz (@lunz71) January 12, 2023
Who cares
— Uncle June (@uncleJunior32) January 12, 2023
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Now that Correa has passed his physical with the Twins, things will hopefully go better for him. He has a lot of accolades to his name and has been well sought after. The 28-year-old was named the AL Rookie of the Year in 2015, is a two-time All-Star winner, and won the Platinum Glove Award in 2021.
Derek Falvey, president of baseball operations of the Twins, said, “We want him to finish his career as part of this organization.”
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