Correa returns to Twins on reported 6-year, $200M deal
Carlos Correa is back where he started after a free-agent saga filled with twists and turns.
The Minnesota Twins announced the star shortstop's deal as official on Wednesday.
The star shortstop will earn $200-million over a six-year guaranteed contract with a series of vesting options that could make the pact worth $270 million over 10 seasons, sources told Jeff Passan of ESPN.
He also gets a full no-trade clause, according to Jon Heyman of MLB Network.
Cleaning this up: years 7-10 in Twins deal vest with 575 plate appearances (year 7), then 550, 525 and finally 502 https://t.co/VhA1QO1CmV
— Jon Heyman (@JonHeyman) January 10, 2023
Correa previously 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 flagged during his physicals stemming from a previous ankle injury sustained in 2014.
Correa breakdown, per source:
— Ken Rosenthal (@Ken_Rosenthal) January 10, 2023
$36M, $36M, $36M, $31.5M, $30.5M, $30M.
Numbers the first two years include $8M signing bonus, half to be paid in ‘23, half in ‘24.
New York and Correa agreed to a 12-year, $315-million pact on Dec. 21 after a 13-year, $350-million agreement on Dec. 14 with the Giants fell apart.
The Mets were willing to guarantee the first six years of Correa's deal at $157.5 million, sources told Heyman. However, they were reportedly only willing to guarantee the next six years under certain conditions, which included annual physicals, and the two sides weren't able to get on the same page with the language.
Correa signed a lucrative short-term pact with the Twins last offseason before opting out of his contract to test free agency this winter. The 28-year-old went deep 22 times with 64 RBIs and an .834 OPS over 136 games in 2022.