Mets, Carlos Correa have every reason to get deal done despite medicals snag - New York Post

The Mets’ shocking, middle-of-the-night woody with superstar Carlos Correa isn’t done yet, but it isn’t adjacent to dormant yet, either, astatine slightest not arsenic of midafternoon Saturday. 

Not yet it isn’t, not adjacent aft the Mets became the 2nd squad to emblem Correa’s medicals. 

The Mets and Correa are said to beryllium moving connected things Saturday successful an effort to marque Correa a Met a reality. And some parties look to severely privation this to work, which is precise apt the astir important fact, astir apt adjacent much important than immoderate is being viewed connected Correa’s somewhat-mysterious medical that’s present fixed 2 teams pause. It’s seemingly implicit an eight-year-old wounded that’s said to person required nary attraction since. 

We already cognize Mets proprietor Steve Cohen — the antheral who’s remade the Mets into a star-studded squad astatine an unprecedented terms ($380 cardinal and counting) — wants this to work. His enthusiasm came done the compartment telephone lines from Hawaii aboriginal Wednesday greeting (just past dinnertime implicit there). 

“We needed 1 much thing,” Cohen told maine aboriginal Wednesday, “and this is it.” 

Well, Correa remains it.

Carlos Correa agreed to a 12-year, $315 cardinal woody with the Mets. Getty Images

There are nary much superstars near connected the free-agent market. Cohen said helium wanted to beryllium opportunistic, and that hasn’t changed. When the Giants’ made the telephone not to determination guardant with their ain Correa woody — the $350 million, 13-year declaration — Cohen saw the opening helium sought, striking the $315 million, 12-year woody successful 4 oregon 5 of the wee hours. Hard to ideate Cohen’s involvement successful Correa has changed, and everything other that remains connected the marketplace present represents lone incremental changes.

We cognize Correa, too, wants to bash this deal. He went to the Giants aft his cause Scott Boras tried to bash a woody with the Yankees that revealed Correa’s involvement successful coming to New York, adjacent if it meant a small little money. Indications are that helium was thrilled by the Mets’ precocious interest, though helium did travel done with his committedness to bash the Giants’ deal. Anyway, Correa ever seemed similar a large acceptable for New York, with his charming property and awesome big-stage inheritance (18 vocation postseason location runs!). 

It isn’t precisely wide what 2 teams flagged successful the medicals, but it is thought to beryllium related to a lower-leg wounded and country 8 years ago, good earlier helium established himself arsenic a prima large leaguer. Correa hasn’t had immoderate attraction for the past 8 years related to that limb injury, Boras told writers successful New York connected Thursday. 

At the precise least, it’s a astonishing and antithetic interest considering he’s proving to beryllium a precise dependable performer, missing an mean of conscionable 14 games the past 3 seasons. 

Stranger inactive is the contrast: Many habitually injured players are flying done aesculapian examinations — including ex-Met Jacob deGrom, who’s led the league successful MRI exams the past 2 years portion missing much than fractional his starts. 

Mets proprietor Steve Cohen shelled retired large for Carlos Correa aft the Giants’ woody for the shortstop fell through.Sipa USA via AP

The Mets and Correa’s campy (i.e. Boras) are said to beryllium moving done the issues now, and there’s inactive bully crushed to judge they tin enactment it out. While the Mets and Boras ne'er got past what was seen connected the medicals of archetypal circular draught prime Kumar Rocker, a lefty pitcher retired of Vanderbilt that was a comparatively small-potatoes deal. (Rocker yet had enarthrosis country and was signed for somewhat much wealth a twelvemonth aboriginal by the Rangers, who besides chose him successful the archetypal round.)

Anyway, there’s a past of moving retired aesculapian snafus erstwhile the parties are motivated. Boras worked it retired with the Red Sox erstwhile they flagged a ft contented connected J.D. Martinez’s medicals, and they coiled up penning caller protective connection into the declaration portion giving Martinez an other opt-out, which helium ended up not using. That snag occurred successful outpouring grooming erstwhile the sides were motivated to get the woody done. 

Though this 1 is happening earlier, some parties should beryllium arsenic motivated to fig this out. Beyond that Correa wants to beryllium successful New York connected a winner, the shortstop marketplace has thinned to see his aged Twins team, which had offered astir $285 cardinal implicit 10 years, and precise fewer others who’d get into that fiscal stratosphere. 

Cohen seems arsenic excited astir the deal. Cohen saw Correa arsenic the 1 hitter near who could interaction a bully lineup that showed lone mean punch past twelvemonth (not to notation a proven October performer who could assistance a squad that fell level successful October aft a 101-win regular season). 

“This was important,” Cohen told maine astir 3 a.m. Wednesday from Hawaii. “This puts america implicit the top.” 

Without Correa, Cohen grappled with the question of precisely however improved the Mets were contempt the grounds payroll. He besides understood that with Correa joining Francisco Lindor, Pete Alonso, Justin Verlander, Max Scherzer and Edwin Dias connected this squad of large stars that this is simply a squad that volition bid arsenic overmuch attraction successful summertime arsenic it has successful winter.