Editor’s note: This story has been updated to include comments from Carlos Correa and Scott Boras and additional information. We will look at Carlos Correa differently now. We will wonder if he is a major injury waiting to happen. We will picture an imaginary scarlet “A” on his surgically repaired right ankle for the rest … Read more
Editor’s note: This story has been updated to include comments from Carlos Correa and Scott Boras and additional information. We will look at Carlos Correa differently now. We will wonder if he is a major injury waiting to happen. We will picture an imaginary scarlet “A” on his surgically repaired right ankle for the rest … Read more
Carlos Correa is the tether that connects my two biggest stories in New York baseball as 2023 begins: 1. Just how far will Steve Cohen go financially and temperamentally in trying to win a title in 2023? 2. Just how good are Oswald Peraza and Anthony Volpe? Cohen did not feel a $360 million payroll … Read more
Carlos Correa’s camp renewed contact with at least another interested team or two beyond the Mets on Thursday as negotiations over proposed contract language changes in the agreed-upon $315 million, 12-year deal ran into at least a hiccup or two. There was decent hope for two weeks that Correa and the Mets could finalize the … Read more
Carlos Correa’s camp renewed contact with at least another interested team or two beyond the Mets on Thursday as negotiations over proposed contract language changes in the agreed-upon $315 million, 12-year deal ran into at least a hiccup or two. There was decent hope for two weeks that Correa and the Mets could finalize the … Read more
Aaron Judge, Carlos Correa and Trea Turner combined for almost $1 billion in contracts. Xander Bogaerts, Jacob deGrom, Dansby Swanson, Carlos Rodón, Brandon Nimmo and Willson Contreras added up to another billion. And that’s just nine players. Just one lucrative slice of baseball’s December spending spree. What a difference a year makes. It has been … Read more
Most major league owners treat their teams like businesses. Steve Cohen, one of his former employees said, approaches the Mets like something else entirely. “The way he looks at this business is so different than his hedge fund,” the employee said Wednesday. “It’s more like how he buys art. And he just spends whatever it … Read more
Most major league owners treat their teams like businesses. Steve Cohen, one of his former employees said, approaches the Mets like something else entirely. “The way he looks at this business is so different than his hedge fund,” the employee said Wednesday. “It’s more like how he buys art. And he just spends whatever it … Read more
Carlos Correa was the Giants’ next face of the franchise, until he wasn’t, after a disagreement arose over his medical results. He is now — somehow — a member of the Mets, who are now arguably, on paper, the best team in the National League, after they agreed to a 12-year, $315 million contract with … Read more
In what had already been an unprecedented spending spree in the sport for a team with a record-high payroll, Mets owner Steve Cohen had one more massive signing left: a middle-of-the-night deal for Carlos Correa. Correa agreed to a 12-year, $315 million deal with the Mets hours after it was reported that the announcement of … Read more