Mets and $333 Million Dollar payroll

[1952boyntoncollector]

Originally Posted by packs

Haha reports are that Correa is returning to the Twins. Please someone explain the brilliance of the Mets discussed earlier.

It got them out of paying a contract that everyone agrees would be terrible based on all prior large contracts in the past....it remains brilliant and provides them cover for not signing.

[packs]

Originally Posted by 1952boyntoncollector

It got them out of paying a contract that everyone agrees would be terrible based on all prior large contracts in the past....it remains brilliant and provides them cover for not signing.

Wouldn't it have been better to not tell everyone you were signing a player you didn't have under contract?

How did this work out in favor of the Mets? If you're going to boil things down to they didn't sign a player with an injury concern, all of that was avoided by 28 other teams without doing anything or making a single announcement.

[1952boyntoncollector]

Originally Posted by packs

Wouldn't it have been better to not tell everyone you were signing a player you didn't have under contract?

How did this work out in favor of the Mets? If you're going to boil things down to they didn't sign a player with an injury concern, all of that was avoided by 28 other teams without doing anything or making a single announcement.

well they got a shot at him more than the other 28 teams, you dont get to do the in depth physical without their real interest........good luck giving in depth physicals to anyone without making an offer and just asking to just check him out.......

[packs]

Didn't he already fail one physical and have an offer rescinded before the Mets announced they had a deal?

[BobbyStrawberry]

Originally Posted by packs

Didn't he already fail one physical and have an offer rescinded before the Mets announced they had a deal?

Yep. And the Twins subsequently rescinded their original offer of $285 and (I think ) 10 yrs

[1952boyntoncollector]

Originally Posted by packs

Didn't he already fail one physical and have an offer rescinded before the Mets announced they had a deal?

right and the Giants announced they had a deal as well, good luck for mets saying they will just rely on Giants in depth physical, they got a free crack at their own physical

i think 'announced had a deal' to make an analogy is like buying a house before the inspection period and the house is contingent...house had not sold yet, and really not a real deal yet for the player.really its announcing a 'potential deal'

[mrreality68]

Either Way if he will be with Minnesota now. The deal is structured in a way that the team risk is less because shorter term(the issue with the ankle is that it is degenerative in nature (arthritic over time) and no way to reverse it once it really progresses. They claim the early years not an issue vs the later years and that is why the Mets and Giants were afraid of the long term deals with out some protections

[nolemmings]

It looks like Correa passed the MN physical, which is no surprise. What I do find surprising is that the Mets or Giants couldn't or wouldn't beat the Twins offer, which is not all that outlandish given what they had previously put on the table. Everyone knows the backend of these contracts are not economical for the team, so it seems that the Mets and Correa could have come to terms for a shorter contract that was more front-loaded ala what ultimately came to pass with Minnesota, IMO.