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Stop us if you’ve heard this before: Carlos Correa’s new nine-figure deal is pending a physical exam. This week, that’s the Twins’ responsibility; if they have questions about the process, they can ask the Giants, Correa’s team from Dec. 13 to Dec. 21, or the Mets, Correa’s team from Dec. 21 until midday Tuesday. In the past 29 days, the shortstop has signed with 10% of Major League Baseball. Correa, 28, must have spent more time in an MRI tube than with his family over the holidays.
But perhaps this will be the deal that sticks: reportedly six years for $200 million guaranteed, plus four vesting options that could bring the total to 10 years for $270 million. That comes on the heels of the 13-year, $350 million deal the Giants offered, then revoked once they got the results of Correa’s physical, and the 12-year, $315 million deal the Mets offered, then revoked once they got the results of Correa’s physical. Those teams have not been specific about their concerns, but they seem to stem from a broken right leg Correa suffered as a 19-year-old minor leaguer in 2014. He had the leg surgically repaired and a metal plate inserted, and he has not gone on the injured list because of it since, but in September he said he felt the plate vibrate on a hard slide into second base.
