{"id":165459,"date":"2022-12-22T19:04:00","date_gmt":"2022-12-22T19:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/sf-giants-owe-fans-a-better-explanation-for-correa-disaster\/"},"modified":"2022-12-22T19:04:00","modified_gmt":"2022-12-22T19:04:00","slug":"sf-giants-owe-fans-a-better-explanation-for-correa-disaster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/sf-giants-owe-fans-a-better-explanation-for-correa-disaster\/","title":{"rendered":"SF Giants owe fans a better explanation for Correa disaster"},"content":{"rendered":"
pick one. Pick all four. Pick any word you’d like, and it won’t come close to describing the past 24 hours for the San Francisco Giants. <\/p>\n
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The Giants had their next face of the franchise, the lynchpin of their lineup for years to come, the guy who would help restore their reputation on and off the field, and then they just \u2026 didn’t.<\/p>\n
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Carlos Correa is now a Met, all because of a vague medical issue that gave the Giants pause before letting the ink dry on his 13-year contract. A successful offseason has suddenly become a smoldering mess, with the Giants completely whiffing on adding any star power to an uninspiring roster and Giants fans left wondering why they should even care anymore.<\/p>\n
It’s hard to put into words just how big of a debacle this situation truly is. Giants fans have been conditioned for years now to expect to be rejected by any free agent of substance, but this was the offseason everything was going to change. Aaron Judge didn’t work out, but signing Correa was an enormous win. The Giants were suddenly players for big-money, long-term free agents, with names like Shohei Ohtani and Juan Soto on the open market horizon. <\/p>\n
Now? What free agent is going to seriously consider the Giants if similar deals are on the table? Walking away from Correa’s deal if the Giants found a serious medical issue is one thing, but all indications are the concern was over an injury he had before he even made it to the big leagues. It looks like the Giants got cold feet, for whatever reason, and dug up any excuse they could to get out of the contract. Who is going to trust a team with that reputation?<\/p>\n