Tag: Carlos Correa

The Minnesota Twins debuted a Prince themed home run celebration and it’s so good

This is so cool!

The Minnesota Twins aren’t the first team from the Twin Cities area to honor late musician Prince and they certainly won’t be the last.

On Thursday, during the Twins home game against the Oakland Athletics, Carlos Correa gave Minnesota a 6-2 lead in the seventh inning after a two-run home run. The Twins already had the Athletics well in hand, but Correa’s long shot helped put the final nail in the coffin for this game.

And as Correa was trotting around the base paths, Prince’s “Let’s Go Crazy” started playing in Target Field. Not only that, when Correa got back to the dugout, his teammates adorned him with a purple jacket and hat in full Prince and Minnesota style.

Definitely one of the coolest Prince tributes we’ve seen in sports, that’s for sure!

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Carlos Correa shared his reaction to re-signing with the Twins after a wild free agency

It’s finally done.

The Carlos Correa free agency saga has finally reached its conclusion.

The two-time All-Star shortstop officially re-signed with the Twins after initially opting out of his contract, which led to one of the wilder free agency periods we’ve ever seen for a player. His new deal — a six-year, $200-million contract — will keep him in Minnesota until at least 2028. It comes with four-year vesting options that can extend the contract.

But really, the drama of the free agency concerned the condition of his ankle, which led to separate 13-year and 12-year deals with the Giants and Mets collapsing. Once Correa passed his Twins physical, he took to Instagram to share his thoughts on the whole free agency.

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He wrote:

Wow what a journey it’s been. A lot of emotions involved throughout the whole process but always believed that at the end of the day God will put me in the right place.

I’m so happy and excited to be back home with my extended family, the Minnesota Twins. From the players, staff and all the way to the front office I was welcomed and embraced as one of their own since day one. Now I’m back to finish what we started.

Let’s get to work.

You can tell he’s happy to be done with free agency … and physicals. So many physicals.

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The Twins became the third team to agree to a contract with Carlos Correa and MLB fans had jokes

The wildest free agency ever.

Carlos Correa certainly had a free-agency experience to remember this offseason, but the saga *finally* appears to be reaching its end.

After seeing massive deals with the Giants and Mets fall through due to his physical, Correa agreed to terms on a six-year, $200-million deal with the Minnesota Twins on Tuesday. Correa played this past season in Minnesota before opting out of his contract to test the open market. That was when concerns about his ankle stalled separate 13-year and 12-year agreements.

The six-year contract with the Twins seemingly gave the club protection should Correa’s ankle issues worsen while also giving Correa a lucrative deal ($33.3 million per year on average).

Of course, the “pending physical” part of the agreement has proven to be a huge hurdle for Correa, but this time, the expectation is for Correa to finalize the deal with the Twins.

That didn’t stop MLB fans from making jokes about Correa’s wild three-team free agency.

The Giants’ World Series odds took a huge drop (again!) after Carlos Correa stunningly signs with Mets instead

World Series odds in San Francisco have gone for an unreal ride this winter.

You certainly don’t have to feel bad for the San Francisco Giants and their fans these days. The National League West club is still coming off a decade in which they won three World Series titles, after all.

But you can at least try to imagine how bad Giants fans are feeling on Wednesday after waking up to the news that Carlos Correa—the franchise’s marquee free agent signing this offseason—wasn’t actually signing with San Francisco.

Following concerns over Correa’s physical exam, the Giants and the shortstop failed to get a contract done, leading the New York Mets to swoop in and sign him to a 12-year, $315 million deal in the middle of the night.

While baseball slept, Mets chairman Steve Cohen was shattering dreams all along the West Coast.

That’s now twice this offseason Giants fans thought they’d landed the biggest name on the free agent market only to come away empty-handed. And this one is arguably much worse than the Arson Judge debacle because it was supposed to be a done deal.

These types of things just don’t happen.

And for the second time this offseason, the Giants’ 2023 World Series odds went for a ride because of it.

On Tuesday night San Francisco was +2500 to win the title this season at BetMGM. On Wednesday morning that dropped back to +3000—alongside the likes of the Chicago White Sox, Cleveland Guardians and Los Angeles Angels.

It’s another reminder that waiting to place a bet is usually a good strategy unless you have plenty of units to blow on throwing darts in the middle of the offseason.

When it seemed like Aaron Judge was signing with the Giants, their odds shifted from +4000 to +2500 and then bounced right back to +4000 after the outfielder agreed to re-sign with New York.

If anything is a safe(ish) bet in the Bay Area this summer, maybe take the under on San Francisco’s win total. In a division with the Los Angeles Dodgers and San Diego Padres making huge moves this winter, it’s going to be tough for a Giants team that keeps whiffing on free agents to keep pace.

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After Mets’ reported Carlos Correa signing, here’s how much owner Steve Cohen could pay in luxury tax

It’s A LOT.

Wow. What an offseason for the New York Mets.

We knew owner Steve Cohen had deep pockets and wanted to spend this offseason to help a playoff team get much better.

But we didn’t know he’d spend THIS much.

Reports broke early Wednesday morning that after a physical may have held up a deal between shortstop Carlos Correa and the San Francisco Giants — a Tuesday news conference was called off — and that the Mets swooped in to spend $315 million over 12 years to grab him to play third base.

That’s on top of an offseason that’s included re-signing Brandon Nimmo, Adam Ottavino and Edwin Diaz, and adding Justin Verlander, Kodai Senga, Jose Quintana, David Robertson and Omar Narvaez.

So how much will Cohen reportedly pay in luxury taxes, which are a penalty IN ADDITION to all that free agent money?

Here’s your answer:

WOW.

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Carlos Correa … a Met? It’s a weird, unreal time to be a Mets fan right now

Life for a Mets fan is like being in Bizzaro World

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You’ll forgive me, as I’m writing this after just waking up to the report that the New York Mets are making yet another offseason signing after already spending a great deal of owner Steve Cohen’s money. This might be a little all over the place.

Carlos Correa, the ex-Twins shortstop, was supposed to sign a long-term deal with the San Francisco Giants. Heck, there was a news conference scheduled for Tuesday, when suddenly there wasn’t, and concerns about his physical were apparently brought up.

And overnight, the Mets signed him. For 12 years and $315 million. A shortstop when they have one in Francisco Lindor (Correa will play third base).

As a lifelong suffering Mets fan, I feel like one of those people in those videos where they’ve just gotten their wisdom teeth taken out. Is this real life?

Because this doesn’t happen to the Mets. Never.

The Mets don’t get to spend on a Cy Young winner like Justin Verlander … and then also add Jose Quintana to the rotation and David Robertson to the bullpen. A homegrown player like Brandon Nimmo might not re-sign. The past Mets might have overlooked Japanese pitcher Kodai Senga.

And Mets fans might have gone to bed Tuesday night more than content with that offseason haul. Because even then, we’re not used to ALL OF THAT. The front office clearly improved last year’s playoff team that went out with a wimper against the San Diego Padres.

But, no.

Now, the Mets are more than open for business. When multi-billionaire Cohen bought the team, the hope was this is what would happen. He was already paying tons in luxury tax heading into this season, but he doesn’t care.

This is what it must have felt like to be a Yankees fan for all those years. Wild stuff.

Now, the other part about being a Mets fan is that the Mets could Mets this up to Metsy proportions. I get that. And I’m ready for it, because this is what life is like rooting for this franchise.

But for now, I’m going to kick my feet up and enjoy this until the season begins.

Quick hits: French fry bath! … Jeremy Sochan’s Dennis Rodman imitation … and more.

— Got to love a french fry bath after a win at the Potato Bowl.

— Jeremy Sochan’s one-handed free throws had everyone thinking of Dennis Rodman.

— Let it snow on Charles Barkley.

Aparentemente Carlos Correa se arregló con los Twins a medianoche y los fans de la MLB despertaron en la histeria

La Major League Baseball debe tener más consideración con el sueño de los demás. ¿Cómo se supone que la gente descanse si tenemos a estrellas firmando acuerdos impresionantes a la mitad de la noche? ¡O sea! El ex Houston Astro, Correa, ha sido una …

La Major League Baseball debe tener más consideración con el sueño de los demás. ¿Cómo se supone que la gente descanse si tenemos a estrellas firmando acuerdos impresionantes a la mitad de la noche? ¡O sea!

El ex Houston Astro, Correa, ha sido una de las figuras más odiadas en el baseball por un buen rato después del escándalo por robo de señales de los Astros en el 2018.

Ahora, también es uno de los mejores pagados en su posición en la liga. Súper extraño como pasan las cosas.

Correa firmó un acuerdo enorme por 3 años con los Minnesota Twins que le da el más alto valor anual promedio de cualquier jugador de campo, de acuerdo a Chris Berman de Fox.

Traducción.- Según una fuente de la MLB: El shortstop agente libre Carlos Correa ha llegado a un acuerdo con los Minnesota Twins (@Twins) de un contrato por 3 años con valor de $105.3 millones con opciones de salida después de los dos primeros años. El valor más alto anual promedio para un jugador de campo de la MLB. 

Eso es alrededor de $35 millones por año. Y, si no le gusta la situación, tiene opciones de salida después de los dos primeros años. No se ha hecho oficial, pero parece ser un muy buen acuerdo.

Los fans de baseball estaban en shock. Los fans de los Twins estaban fascinados. Los fans de los Astros estaban sufriendo. Cuántas emociones por esto.

 

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Carlos Correa reportedly agreed to a massive deal with the Twins in the middle of the night and MLB fans woke up in a frenzy

Carlos Correa is a Minnesota Twin.

Major League Baseball needs to have more consideration for everyone’s sleep, man. How are people supposed to get some shut-eye when you’ve got stars signing league-changing deals in the middle of the night? Sheesh.

Former Houston Astro Correa has been one of the most hated figures in baseball for a while following the Astros’ sign-stealing scandal from 2018.

Now, he’s one of the league’s highest-paid at his position, too. Wild how that works.

Correa signed a massive 3-year deal with the Minnesota Twins that would give him the highest average annual value for an MLB infielder, according to Fox’s Chris Berman.

That’s about $35 million per year. And, if he doesn’t like the situation, he has opt-outs after the first two years. It hasn’t been made official just yet, but that sounds like a pretty sweet deal.

Baseball fans were shocked. Twins fans were elated. Astros fans were in pain. There were so many emotions rolling in after this one.

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Marcus Stroman’s already sending Twitter recruiting pitches to Carlos Correa after MLB lockout ends

Marcus Stroman’s playing the opportunist!

Baseball’s return was less than a half hour old and Marcus Stroman’s already using Twitter for recruitment pitches.

In case you hadn’t heard, baseball is back as the MLBPA and MLB have agreed to terms and will start a full season on April 7. Fans are happy, teams and players are happy, and oh, free agency is set to begin Thursday evening. It’s gonna be a wild ride, that’s for sure.

Stroman wasted no time once the lockout ended, immediately sending a sales pitch to top free agent Carlos Correa on Twitter in the hopes that the former Houston Astro will join up with the pitcher’s new team, the Chicago Cubs, before Opening Day.

Given the chaos that’s likely to ensue in the month leading up to Opening Day, why not shoot your shot? We’ll see where the coveted shortstop lands over the next few weeks, as it very well could be Chicago!

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Eduardo Rodriguez mocked Carlos Correa’s watch taunt and infuriated his own manager Alex Cora

Was it the right time to taunt?

There are times to fire up your team with some well-timed trash talks, taunts or celebrations.

But I’d venture to say blowing out a really good team in a playoff game may actually NOT be a time to do so.

That’s the situation from Game 3. In the sixth inning of the 2021 ALCS, Eduardo Rodriguez got Carlos Correa to ground out with the Boston Red Sox up 9-3. The pitcher pointed to his wrist like a watch, a direct reference to the move Correa made when the Houston Astros shortstop hit a monster home run in Game 1.

Sox manager Alex Cora was NOT pleased. Let’s break it all down, from the moment to the reaction: