{"id":415960,"date":"2023-01-12T20:01:25","date_gmt":"2023-01-12T20:01:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/?p=415960"},"modified":"2023-01-12T20:02:42","modified_gmt":"2023-01-12T20:02:42","slug":"carlos-correa-was-surprised-on-an-emotional-roller-coaster-post-mets-giants-deals-fell-through","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/carlos-correa-was-surprised-on-an-emotional-roller-coaster-post-mets-giants-deals-fell-through\/","title":{"rendered":"Carlos Correa &#8216;Was Surprised &#038; On An Emotional Roller Coaster&#8217; Post Mets &#038; Giants Deals Fell Through"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On Wednesday, the Twins approved Carlos Correa&#8217;s medicals, and he also approved a guaranteed six-year contract to rejoin the team. According to insiders who spoke to ESPN, the six-year contract is worth $200 million, but if he can stay on the field, the value may rise to<a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.in\/mlb\/story\/_\/id\/35419701\/sources-carlos-correa-finalizing-twins-mets-talks-fizzle\"> $270 million<\/a> over ten seasons.<\/p>\n<p>A months-long story that featured the San Francisco Giants and New York Mets refusing to sign long-term contracts with Carlos Correa due to reservations about a 2014 operation on his lower right leg came to an end with the signing of the Twins&#8217; contract.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Carlos Correa to the Twins is done. Physical passed. Deal official.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Jeff Passan (@JeffPassan) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JeffPassan\/status\/1613188215489323011?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 11, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Carlos Correa &#8216;Was A Surprised &amp; On An Emotional Roller Coaster&#8217; Post Mets &amp; Giants Deals Fell Through<\/h2>\n<p>At a news conference held at Target Field to announce his agreement to remain in Minnesota, Correa outlined the crucial step in his free-agent process.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne thing I learned through the whole process is doctors have differences of opinions,\u2019\u2019 said Correa, who had deals nullified by doctors from both the Mets and Giants and then took a smaller deal from Minnesota than the 10-year, $285 million deal they offered earlier in the offseason.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Carlos Correa on what he would tell fans who feel like Minnesota was his third pick: &quot;All that matters is what I do from this moment forward. &#8230; Me and my family are going to be very dedicated to this city.&quot; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ccrfSu0RlK\">pic.twitter.com\/ccrfSu0RlK<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Bally Sports North (@BallySportsNOR) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BallySportsNOR\/status\/1613238872053276680?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 11, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI had a lot of doctors tell me I was fine,\u2019\u2019 Correa said. \u201cAnd I had some doctors say [the ankle] wasn\u2019t so fine.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Mets issued a succinct statement after Correa&#8217;s agreement with the Twins was made official, detailing their unsuccessful pursuit of the 28-year-old.<\/p>\n<p>The Mets released a statement saying, &#8220;We were unable to reach an agreement.&#8221; We send Carlos our warmest wishes.<\/p>\n<p>Beyond that, the Mets opted not to comment.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/genymets\/status\/1612593932956745728?s=20&#038;t=aw1-_NwzxT8Bp_bKMpLk_gnbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The news that the Giants and Mets were withdrawing their offers due to the ankle was <strong>&#8220;a bit shocking,&#8221;<\/strong> and Correa recognised that his free-agent process had not gone as expected, calling the experience &#8220;an emotional roller coaster.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was not what we expected going into the offseason,\u2019\u2019 Correa said. \u201cGoing into the physicals, there were no concerns on my part. My body feels great. I played throughout the season and never felt better. So yeah, it was surprising.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Carlos Correa likes the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Twins?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Twins<\/a> new threads. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/a1ZPwyl2ep\">pic.twitter.com\/a1ZPwyl2ep<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; MLB (@MLB) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MLB\/status\/1613558832541896711?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 12, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Due to Correa&#8217;s 2014 ankle injury, which required the insertion of plates in his leg, the Giants decided against going through with the transaction.<\/p>\n<p>The Mets and Cohen then agreed to a 12-year, $315 million contract, but it was also unsuccessful due to the ankle problem.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was shocking to me,\u2019\u2019 Correa said. \u201cSince the surgery, I\u2019ve never missed a game [because of the ankle] \u2026 the ankle never hurt either.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GfzcjJXLv4k\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE-\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/nba\/\">NBA<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/nfl\/\">NFL\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/mlb\/\">MLB\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Wednesday, the Twins approved Carlos Correa&#8217;s medicals, and he also approved a guaranteed six-year contract to rejoin the team. According to insiders who spoke to ESPN, the six-year contract is worth $200 million, but if he can stay on the field, the value may rise to $270 million over ten seasons. A months-long story [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":413738,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[124,54],"tags":[1300,4474,4544,4545,4247,4227,4248,4543],"class_list":["post-415960","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-minnesota-twins","category-mlb","tag-carlos-correa","tag-carlos-correa-contract","tag-carlos-correa-giants-deal","tag-carlos-correa-injury","tag-carlos-correa-medical-issue","tag-carlos-correa-mets-deal","tag-carlos-correa-news","tag-carlos-correa-twins"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/415960","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=415960"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/415960\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/413738"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=415960"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=415960"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=415960"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}