AP source: Correa agrees to $105.3M, 3-year deal with Twins
NEW YORK (AP) — Star shortstop Carlos Correa agreed early Saturday to a $105.3 million, three-year contract with the Minnesota… NEW YORK (AP) — Star shortstop Carlos Correa agreed early Saturday to a $105.3 million, three-year contract with the Minnesota Twins, ending his seven-season tenure with the Houston Astros, an individual aware of the negotiations…
NEW YORK (AP) — Star shortstop Carlos Correa agreed early Saturday to a $105.3 million, three-year contract with the Minnesota…
NEW YORK (AP) — Star shortstop Carlos Correa agreed early Saturday to a $105.3 million, three-year contract with the Minnesota Twins, ending his seven-season tenure with the Houston Astros, an individual aware of the negotiations informed The Related Press.
The particular person spoke on situation of anonymity as a result of the settlement was topic to a profitable bodily.
Correa will earn $35.3 million yearly below the deal and may choose out after the 2022 and 2023 seasons to turn into a free agent once more. His common wage turns into baseball’s fourth-highest behind New York Mets pitcher Max Scherzer ($43.3 million), Yankees pitcher Gerrit Cole ($36 million) and Los Angeles Angels outfielder Mike Trout ($35.5 million).
A two-time All-Star who was the primary total decide within the 2012 beginner draft, Correa led the turnaround of the Astros. Houston misplaced greater than 100 video games every year from 2011-13, then received its first World Sequence title by beating the Los Angeles Dodgers in seven video games in 2017.
The Astros went on to AL pennants and World Sequence losses in 2019 and final 12 months, gaining infamy for his or her dishonest scandal that was revealed after the 2019 season.
Correa had a career-best 26 residence runs to go together with a .279 batting common and 92 RBIs final 12 months. He has a .277 common with 133 homers and 489 RBIs in seven main league seasons.
Mixed with Nick Castellanos’ $100 million, five-year settlement with Philadelphia late Friday night time, Correa’s deal was the 14th for the reason that World Sequence of 9 figures.
Six of these had been negotiated by agent Scott Boras, at a complete of $1.0173 billion. Along with agreements for Correa and Castellanos, he negotiated contracts for Corey Seager ($325 million) and Marcus Semien ($175 million) with Texas, Kris Bryant with Colorado ($182 million) and Scherzer with the New York Mets ($130 million).
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