In a shocking reversal, Carlos Correa will not be becoming a member of the San Francisco Giants and is now headed to the New York Mets.
Owner Steve Cohen instructed Jon Heyman of the New York Post that the addition of the two-time All-Star puts the Mets “over the top.”
While New York misplaced Jacob deGrom to the Texas Rangers in early December, they shortly changed the two-time NL Cy Young award winner with the 2022 AL Cy Young award winner, Justin Verlander. The Mets have been removed from completed although, as they’ve additionally introduced in Japanese star pitcher Kodai Senga and re-signed outfielder Brandon Nimmo and stud nearer Edwin Diaz, amongst different strikes.
Then, the Correa information got here out Wednesday morning. The Mets now have a deadly beginning rotation with Verlander, Senga, and Max Scherzer heading a deep group, Diaz at the again finish of a shutdown bullpen, and Correa sliding into the center of one in all the most harmful lineups in baseball.
It’s doubtless no coincidence that Cohen’s spending spree comes as the final two NL champions have come from the Mets’ division — the 2021 World Series-champion Atlanta Braves and the 2022 runner-up Philadelphia Phillies. While the Braves have not had an enormous offseason thus far, the Phillies lately made one in all the largest strikes in touchdown Trea Turner.
Correa was scheduled to be launched to the Giants media on Tuesday earlier than the press convention was postponed as a result of a reported medical concern. Now, Mets followers will as an alternative get to unwrap one (maybe) closing current earlier than the Christmas vacation.
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