Oh come on.
Carlos Correa and the Minnesota Twins, who were negotiating seriously recently, have agreed to the terms of a six-year contract that will guarantee the shortstop player at least $200 million. He has yet to pass his physical tests.
The basic contract does not contain an exit option and is for a period of six years and $200 million. That’s guaranteed.
Subsequently, there are options that could bring the contract to $270 million over 10 years. It will therefore depend on his state of health.
We are far from $350 million over 13 years at the start, but if he earns “only” $200 million over six years, he will make more money ($33.33 million) per season. And even over 10 years, we are talking about $27 million per year.
Remember that the problem in his case was the long term. There, over six or ten years, the risks are really reduced.
I wonder how he will be received at the Twins, an organization he left twice after choosing to sign in San Francisco and New York earlier in the offseason. I feel that some will resent him, but that he will be well received, in the end.
Details to come…
