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I mean it would have been cool to have Correa back, but I'm kind of glad that the Twins don't have him for the next 13 years.  Im really hoping that Royce Lewis comes through once he is healthy.  Get a placeholder, until Lewis is ready.  He seemed to do well last year until he got hurt.  Now spend some money on a pitcher or two.  

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1 hour ago, mnfireman said:

Guaranteed $$$ until he's 41 yrs old, he may not even be on the field by the end of this contract

So what? That's better than ten years 350...... Much better. They can just cut him after eight or ten years. 

Well, that sucks. They had the money, chose not to spend it here. I think I'd bliw the team up now. 

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31 minutes ago, 3rd Inning Stretch said:

Front load that baby and may not be as bad at the end. Or try what the twins did with shorter term, but they needed much more per year than 28.5 at the shorter term. 

Front loading is a terrible idea. Money will be worth about forty percent or less in that many years, than it is now. You always want to pay more later. 

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7 minutes ago, Mike Sixel said:

So what? That's better than ten years 350...... Much better. They can just cut him after eight or ten years. 

Well, that sucks. They had the money, chose not to spend it here. I think I'd bliw the team up now. 

I don't know if you can just cut him after 8 years and just be okay with it.   That's paying out $150M for him not to play..... which isn't exactly a small write off for most teams. 

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It's not the years, it's the dollars.  Assuming all things being equal in Carlos' mind, $351 would have done it and it could have been 10 years or 15 years.  13 years is a large number, but is only relevant in that it brings down the AAV -- which theoretically, would be more dollars for the Giants to spend within their budget.  

The difference between $285 and $350 is rather substantial and I'm surprised at just how far apart they were, given every thing we heard.  

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No opts out and a full no trade clause as well.  Slice it up any way you want, this is an insane contract.  As much as I wanted Correa back, I am positive the Twins can bring more value to the team with that money than Correa could/will alone.  

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2 hours ago, SwainZag said:

No opts out and a full no trade clause as well.  Slice it up any way you want, this is an insane contract.  As much as I wanted Correa back, I am positive the Twins can bring more value to the team with that money than Correa could/will alone.  

If they were to spend all the hypothetical Correa money(which I'm highly skeptical will happen,) the Twins might come out ahead in terms of total WAR or something in that vein, but as far as impact is concerned, I don't think they'll come close. 

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7 hours ago, mnfireman said:

Guaranteed $$$ until he's 41 yrs old, he probably won’t be on the field by the end of this contract and probably won’t be a SS in 5 years

FTFY

i still think Correa was worth the 350 mil. The length of the contract is just the way to spread the money to make it work for the team cash flow.

I understand why the Twins didn’t match or beat that, but I’m still disappointed 

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I think most of us knew 350 was the number . As others have stated the 13 yrs was a way to keep the aav low so they can be more competitive while he’s under contract. 
 

like it or not this is how contracts with top players work. Twins offer wasn’t close and was embarrassing given how confident they seemed. And now most of the impact FAs are gone because the twins were tunnel visioned on Correa. The rest of the quality talent won’t be any cheaper based on the value the twins have given them. 
 

They offered less money that Turner got and really thought they had a chance? This FO is clueless 

 

likely the only way to improve this team now is through trades or addition by subtraction. Weak farm system likely to get weaker or they sit and do nothing and lose even more fan support 

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