{"id":164314,"date":"2022-12-21T15:23:03","date_gmt":"2022-12-21T15:23:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/carlos-correa-signing-with-mets-for-12-years-315-million-after-giants-deal-postponed-source\/"},"modified":"2022-12-21T15:23:03","modified_gmt":"2022-12-21T15:23:03","slug":"carlos-correa-signing-with-mets-for-12-years-315-million-after-giants-deal-postponed-source","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/carlos-correa-signing-with-mets-for-12-years-315-million-after-giants-deal-postponed-source\/","title":{"rendered":"Carlos Correa signing with Mets for 12 years, $315 million after Giants deal postponed: Source"},"content":{"rendered":"
By Andrew Baggarly, Andy McCullough and Will Sammon<\/strong><\/p>\n Carlos Correa agreed to a 12-year, $315 million deal with the Mets hours after it was reported that the announcement of his deal with the Giants was being postponed because of unresolved medical results from his physical, a major-league source confirmed to The Athletic.<\/em> The Mets deal is also contingent on a physical. Here’s what you need to know:<\/p>\n The 28-year-old Correa opted out of his three-year, $105 million deal with the Twins after just one season. During his 2022 campaign, he hit .291 with 22 home runs, 64 RBIs and 70 runs scored in 136 games with a WAR of 5.4.<\/p>\n In addition to his offensive production, Correa has become a top-tier defensive shortstop. He received Platinum Glove honors in 2021 with +21 Defensive Runs Saved and 2.9 defensive WAR in 2021.<\/p>\n Correa has played in 148 and 136 games in the last two seasons. Prior to that, he played in more than 110 games just once.<\/p>\n The two-time All-Star spent the first seven seasons of his career with the Houston Astros, winning American League Rookie of the Year honors in 2015 and a World Series title in 2017.<\/p>\n Correa was ranked No. 1 ten The Athletic<\/em>‘s Keith Law’s list of top 50 free agents heading into the offseason.<\/p>\n The Mets are going for it. And by going for it, anything short of a World Series appearance with baseball’s highest-ever payroll would be a disappointment. If you’re intent on building the best team money can buy, it only makes sense to add the best position player available.<\/p>\n The Mets at third base had a cumulative wRC+ of 102, right around average. Eduardo Escobar had a sizzling September in which he had a .982 OPS \u2014 the best month of his career \u2014 to boost that figure. Escobar finished with solid numbers \u2014 106 wRC+, .726 OPS \u2014 but Correa would be quite the upgrade at the position. Over the last two years, Correa has a .842 OPS \u2014 the third basemen in that time period with a better OPS are just Austin Riley (.887), Rafael Devers (.885), Jos\u00e9 Ram\u00edrez (.881), Manny Machado ( .867) and Nolan Arenado (.848). \u2014 sammon<\/em><\/p>\n For the Mets, a long-term contract made sense. They had the flexibility. And Correa is probably a star worth having for a while.<\/p>\n The Mets’ total payroll projects to be around $495 million. That figure includes a tax penalty that alone will cost more than $110 million. No team in baseball has ever had a payroll exceed $350 million. Correa’s $26.2 million AAV will be the fourth-largest on the Mets, behind Max Scherzer ($43.3 million), Justin Verlander ($43.3 million) and Francisco Lindor ($31.9 million). \u2014 sammon<\/em><\/p>\n Whether this turns out to be a case of buyer’s remorse or a client revolt or a legitimate disagreement over a finding in a physical, the consequences are disastrous for the Giants. They entered the winter with a clear mandate from fans to acquire a franchise player and telegraphed their intent to do so. Now the Correa deal falls apart in spectacular fashion and leaves them with no remaining fallback options on the free-agent market. Oh, and they’d already upset the most accomplished shortstop in franchise history, Brandon Crawford, by waiting until news broke of their $350 million tentative agreement with Correa to inform him that he’d have to accept a position change.<\/p>\n Thousands of words are about to be attempting to explain how the heck the Giants could have allowed this to happen. The next question after that \u2014 how the Giants can rescue this offseason \u2014 might be a lot simpler to answer. Short of pulling off a blockbuster trade for someone like Shohei Ohtani or Devers or both, it can’t. \u2014 baggarly<\/em><\/p>\n (Photo: Carmen Mandato \/ Getty Images)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n
backstory<\/h2>\n
How Correa fits with the Mets<\/h2>\n
Where is New York’s payroll at now?<\/h2>\n
What does this mean for the Giants?<\/h2>\n
Required Reading<\/h2>\n