The Crane Pool Forum

Edgy MD wrote: ↑Tue Jan 10, 2023 4:31 pm I disagree that money doesn't mean anything to Steve Cohen.

Discussions focused on guarantee language. The Mets were fine keeping the 12-year, $315 million terms -- but wanted only half of it guaranteed. Over the final six years of the deal, according to sources, the Mets proposed their medical staff would conduct a physical on Correa at the end of each season -- regardless of his health during the season. The results of the physical would then determine whether the next year of the contract was picked up.

Boras wanted a deal closer to that of ones he'd negotiated in the past -- for J.D. Martinez and J.D. Drew with the Red Sox, Magglio Ordonez and Pudge Rodriguez with the Tigers -- containing provisions for specific injuries. With Martinez, for example, if he spent 60 days on the injured list with an injury related to the foot about which the Red Sox were concerned, they could convert the final two guaranteed years of his deal to mutual options.

The Mets stuck to their six-year, $157.5 million offer, and last week, with the sides making little progress, Boras ramped up his engagement with the Twins. Minnesota, more comfortable with Correa's medicals after seeing him up close for a year, cognizant that the guarantee for him had taken a hit on account of the injury, pounced.

kcmets wrote: ↑Tue Jan 10, 2023 12:49 pm
Should make for an interesting tabloid cover or two mañana for sure.

metsmarathon wrote: ↑Wed Jan 11, 2023 9:32 am daily news for the win, easily.

Carlos Correa on ultimately choosing Twins over Mets:

"I want to be a part of a team that doesn't buy championships," Correa told reporters in a surprise press conference where he made his announcement. "One team handing out all that money isn't good for the sport."

Fman99 wrote: ↑Wed Jan 11, 2023 1:00 pm NY Post has him saying this at his Twins press conference today.

Carlos Correa on ultimately choosing Twins over Mets:

"I want to be a part of a team that doesn't buy championships," Correa told reporters in a surprise press conference where he made his announcement. "One team handing out all that money isn't good for the sport."

Oh OK then <rolls eyes>

Centerfield wrote: ↑Wed Jan 11, 2023 2:00 pm Can’t blame Correa if the Mets insisted on yearly physicals following the 6 year guaranteed portion.

The Mets are a little bit harder to explain, but again, as a guess — Correa’s signing seemed a rash impulse buy from Cohen, not unlike Elon Musk and Twitter. It happened so incredibly fast (and while Cohen was on vacation in Hawaii), and I think when morning came, Cohen was like: “Wait a minute, what have I done here?” When the medical report popped up the way it did, I think Cohen was like: “OK, I still want him, but only on our terms.”