Carlos Correa’s free agency saga has been perhaps the most intriguing storyline of MLB’s offseason. If and when his situation with the Mets finally reaches a resolution, it appears his official agreement will look quite different than the 12-year, $315 million deal that was originally reported.
Speaking on The Athletic Baseball Show, MLB reporter Ken Rosenthal said that he expects Correa’s eventual deal with the Mets to be “dramatically different” than those terms, noting that while the Mets have leverage to significantly decrease the value of the deal, they will also weigh Correa’s ultimate happiness and excitement about joining the team.
“We expect it to be a dramatically different deal,” Rosenthal said. “It’s not gonna be 12 years, $315 [million] guaranteed. The question, again, is: To what extent does the language change, does the deal change? And how is Carlos Correa gonna be once he gets through all this? Will he be a happy Met? Will he be upset? Who knows.”
