Boras: 'There is no current issue' with Correa's health
Scott Boras wants to make one thing clear about Carlos Correa: The two-time All-Star infielder is healthy.
"We've had three teams offer this player contracts in excess of 10 years," the agent said Thursday, according to SNY. "Obviously, every one of them had their medicals. There is no current issue with Carlos' health whatsoever."
Boras added there have been discussions about the condition of Correa's back and ankle but that "there's nothing about him that is currently any form of medical issue."
Correa agreed to a 13-year, $350-million pact with the San Francisco Giants on Dec. 13 but ultimately spurned the Bay Area club to ink a 12-year agreement with the New York Mets. The turnaround came after the Giants said they found a concerning medical issue during his physical.
"While we are prohibited from disclosing confidential medical information, as Scott Boras stated publicly, there was a difference of opinion over the results of Carlos' physical examination. We wish Carlos the best," Giants president of baseball operations Farhan Zaidi said Wednesday.
The Giants took issue with Correa's lower right leg, which was surgically repaired in 2014 after he fractured his fibula during a minor-league game, reports ESPN's Jeff Passan.
Boras said the 2014 injury shouldn't be a problem, which can be verified by the doctor who operated on his client, according to The Associated Press.
"All the conjecture and evaluation of him has been about physicians using their crystal ball for years to come," Boras said.
Correa, who will undergo a physical Thursday with the Mets, has never played a full 162-game campaign during his eight-year career. However, he slotted into 148 games in 2021 and 136 games last season.
Along with the fractured fibula, the 28-year-old has struggled with back issues throughout his career and missed time in 2019 after fracturing a rib, which resulted from a massage gone wrong.