All Things 2022-2023 Minnesota Twins Off-Season Thread

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This is a tolerable length. For Correa it's gone from $350 to $313 to $200. Not that he deserves any sympathy, it's still insane.
 



The Minnesota Twins and star shortstop Carlos Correa agreed to a six-year, $200-million contract with a vesting option that could make the pact worth $270 million, sources told Jeff Passan of ESPN.

The deal is pending a physical.

Correa already agreed to contracts with both the San Francisco Giants and New York Mets this offseason but the deals were never finalized because of a medical issue stemming from a previous ankle injury.
 




Locking down Correa through his prime is ideal. He'll be 34 when this is up and it also lines up perfectly with Buxton.
 


Bob_Loblaw said:
Locking down Correa through his prime is ideal. He'll be 34 when this is up and it also lines up perfectly with Buxton.
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4/$70 vesting option so it can still go 10 years. But that's a pretty cheap rate for years 7-10.
 




At first glance, this seems like a reasonable outcome for both the Twins and Correa.
 

howeda7 said:
4/$70 vesting option so it can still go 10 years. But that's a pretty cheap rate for years 7-10.
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Yeah, I assume things are going pretty well if that vests and by 2029 4 years at $17.5 million probably won't be a huge contract.
 

I'll take the 6-year contract. I was convinced though that he was going to sign for one year and then start all over again next winter.
 



Ope3 said:
At first glance, this seems like a reasonable outcome for both the Twins and Correa.
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It's one of those good problems, but Correa went from $350 million guaranteed to $200 million guaranteed. So I don't think it's been a great outcome for him.
 

I think it's going to end up being a mistake. I also think, coupled with Johnny Cueto signing with Miami today, the chances of Arraez being traded for a middling starter just went way up.
 

Breakin' The Plane said:
I think it's going to end up being a mistake. I also think, coupled with Johnny Cueto signing with Miami today, the chances of Arraez being traded for a middling starter just went way up.
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I wrestled with this one. We can never have enough good pitchers though, particularly an ace.
 





Per John Heyman on MLB Network -
Mets and Correra have been trying to work on this for the last 2 weeks and the the best the Mets would offer was 6 @ 157 guaranteed vs. Twins 6 @ 200.

They made him an offer he couldn’t refuse
 
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howeda7 said:
Give them Kepler/Farmer and prospects if you want Lopez. Hands off Arreaz.
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I'd give them Lewis, Arraez and Woods-Richardson (plus more if that's what it took to close the deal) for Alcantara.
They've already got about 5 Pablo Lopez-types on the roster.
 



some details:
no opt-outs.
yearly salaries: $36M, $36M, $36M, $31.5M, $30.5M, $30M. 1st 2 years include $8M signing bonus - split between '23 & '24.

conditional salaries from years 7 through 10: $25M, $20M, $15M, $10M. Year 7 becomes guaranteed with 502 plate appearances in year 6. the additional years can also be vested/guaranteed if Correa earns certain post-season awards (MVP, Silver Slugger, etc)
 

Breakin' The Plane said:
I'd give them Lewis, Arraez and Woods-Richardson (plus more if that's what it took to close the deal) for Alcantara.
They've already got about 5 Pablo Lopez-types on the roster.
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Tough to give up Lewis, but yes, he's an actual ace and under team control through 2026. Lopez is not really an upgrade over Gray/Mahle/Ryan.
 

Gopher_In_NYC said:
According to MLB Network, the ankle has been inspected and deemed to be okay as part of physical
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I don't remember if it was here or somewhere else that I saw this. But rumor was that teams were more concerned in the 2nd half of those contracts. That it could really effect him 7-10 years down the road or whatever. That could be why teams are now only offering shorter contracts.
 



GophersInIowa said:
I don't remember if it was here or somewhere else that I saw this. But rumor was that teams were more concerned in the 2nd half of those contracts. That it could really effect him 7-10 years down the road or whatever. That could be why teams are now only offering shorter contracts.
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The Mets “officially” offered 12, but the last 6 were conditional ( not guaranteed), so he smartly grabbed the extra 42-43M and us now our prodigal son.
 

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