Interesting...possibly searching for a short-term deal like Correa.
Carlos Correa to the Twins at 105.3 million, 3 years with opt outs after year 1 and 2. Unbelievable. I guess it is all about the money. He gets to call himself the highest paid infielder at 35.1 million. Minnesota’s starting pitching is weak as it stands today. Minnesota has a state income tax. Astros had offered him five years and 160 million before the lockout and it’s hard to believe they didn’t give him the opt out after year one if he asked. It should have been what the Astros wanted, just another year of Correa waiting for Jeremy Pena to develop—perfect, so what happened. So much for loving your teammates, he sure let them down. His Astro buddies were all excited with the buzz that he might be staying another year. The Twins are my second team but I am not happy because I know they can’t contend without pitching. If the Twins were were as good as the Astros I might not mind. What a waste of Correa. I will hope this news is wrong and changes by mid morning.
As I have stated before, it is messed up that we fanatics care more about winning than the players do; they have their excessive money and it is never enough, and we are the suckers that pay them.
I don't know what's worse...being an Astros fan or actually having a 2nd team and having it be the Twins.
Nightengale's Notebook: Surprising Kris Bryant and Carlos Correa signings actually make a ton of sense
Few could have predicted that Carlos Correa would land with the Twins or Kris Bryant the Rockies heading into the offseason.www.usatoday.com"The Twins, in a slick covert operation, landed the biggest free agent in franchise history, managing to keep their interest in Correa eerily quiet.Nightengale's Notebook: Surprising Kris Bryant and Carlos Correa signings actually make a ton of sense — USA TODAY
Few could have predicted that Carlos Correa would land with the Twins or Kris Bryant the Rockies heading into the offseason.apple.news
There wasn’t a single peep they were negotiating or had remotely any interest in the top free agent on the market.
Sure, everyone knew that the market was drying up for Correa, and he wasn’t going to get his $350 million contract to top Francisco Lindor’s deal with the New York Mets, but it was assumed he’d simply get a lucrative short-term contract with opt-outs to hit the market again.
But come on, not the Twins.
The deal could be perfect for Correa. He will earn the largest yearly salary by an infielder in baseball history at $35.1 million a year, with opt-out clauses after the first two seasons.
It was important to Correa to be the highest-paid infielder, so the contract pays him $100,000 more a year than Anthony Rendon of the Los Angeles Angels.
Correa will be playing in a bigger ballpark in Minneapolis, but the Twins were high on his list of free-agent options, thanks to his love affair at Target Field. He has a 1.205 OPS at Target Field, hitting .413 with a .762 slugging percentage, and five homers with 20 RBI in 15 regular season games – plus another homer in the playoffs.”
Also some interesting notes on agent Scott Boras’ day; it seems Correa and Daniela could have been courteous enough to feed him, rather than him having to grab a late night piece of cake at the Cheesecake Factory.
Ugh. The multiple streaming platforms is a painThe Astros beat Shohei Ohtani in LA, 3-1, to win 10 straight Opening Day games which ties the Major League record by the Boston Beaneaters from 1887-96. Astro Framber Valdez was very good (2 weak hits, 1 walk in 6.2 innings). The Beaneaters are now the Atlanta Braves.
The Astros are not on local TV tonight because Apple TV+ gets the broadcast. I think each team loses 2 local broadcasts to Apple TV+ this year, sheesh.
The 1897 Boston Beaneaters
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The Astros beat Shohei Ohtani in LA, 3-1, to win 10 straight Opening Day games which ties the Major League record by the Boston Beaneaters from 1887-96. Astro Framber Valdez was very good (2 weak hits, 1 walk in 6.2 innings). The Beaneaters are now the Atlanta Braves.
The Astros are not on local TV tonight because Apple TV+ gets the broadcast. I think each team loses 2 local broadcasts to Apple TV+ this year, sheesh.
The 1897 Boston Beaneaters
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