Well!   I kinda of knew Correa won't be coming back.  Not surprised!  Twins need to keep Arraez!  

 

 

I’m not mad. I think we dodged a financial burden by not signing him.  The biggest impact is that we don’t have a proven SS on contract and we need to move fast to grab someone. 

3 minutes ago, HokieRif said:

I’m not mad. I think we dodged a financial burden by not signing him.  The biggest impact is that we don’t have a proven SS on contract and we need to move fast to grab someone. 

Agreed.   

I would not like the idea of paying him until he is 41. I was hoping they could resign him, but that is way too many years. 

If you are the Twins you had to know that to get Correa you were going to have to make him the highest paid shortstop in the sport.  Anything under 300M would have been a slap in the face IMO.  I can see why this dragged out now.  He might have wanted to come back to Minnesota and waited to see if they would move off that number but they didn't.  So off to San Fran who did what needed to be done.

Technically I was fine with however this played out.  Correa would have really helped this team especially by plugging the hole at short for the next 6 years or so.  He also might have hamstrung this team from other moves as well. Given how poorly the team did with him he wasn't the "difference maker" I was hoping he would be. Also as he aged the last few years of that contract were likely to get ugly.

If the Twins would have offered him 10\350 I am not sure the value would be there and still there was and probably never will be a player they could have felt this comfortable taking a chance on.  Positive club house guy always interested in doing the right things for himself and his teammates.  Pretty much rock solid numbers through his career. Maybe value isn't everything though as we are seeing other clubs look past it to try and field playoff type teams.  So far no one in the central has offered that large a contract to a player yet so I guess they are not alone in that regard. 

Given what happened last year I don't think this is a make or break deal but I am a little disappointed the Twins didn't offer at least a 300M contract.  IMO They were never "really" in this thing despite the reports.

54 minutes ago, HokieRif said:

I’m not mad. I think we dodged a financial burden by not signing him.  The biggest impact is that we don’t have a proven SS on contract and we need to move fast to grab someone. 

Farmer is proven.  Not proven superstar.  The glimpses  of Lewis when healthy better become the norm.