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He had a better year in 2021 than he had in 2017, 6.2 WAR to 5.0. He's got a 130 wRC+ (30% better than league average) line for his career and his defense has improved to the point he won a Platinum Glove in 2021.a $35 million per year contract for 13 years is a contract at age 28 is a deal for a guy that is going to be a first ballot HOF.
a guy that came up at age 20-22, and immediately started having seasons in the top 10 of MVP, such as Mike Trout.
a guy that is going to be a unanimous first ballot HOF, even if he never wins a ring, like Mike Trout
a guy that is genuinely a good guy
a guy that is going to be the face of the franchise for the rest of his career.
a guy that the fans like, the media likes, will never do anything stupid [like cheat,] or go Trevor on a hookup and beat her and choke her senseless while busting a nut.
a guy that will be out in the community repping the franchise when a new ballfield is opened up for disadvantaged youth, or cheering up the kids in the hospital at Christmas
I'm not a Correa fan or hater .... but I don't see Carlos as any of these things now.
Maybe if he had stayed in Houston.
But I think he left Houston in part, because he would never be that guy. Houston has Jose Altuve, not to mention Yordan Alvarez
There's a reason Correa got a 1 year deal from Minnesota last year.
Correa's slash lines in 2021 were .279 / .366 / .485 / .850
those are nice slash lines, but not $35 x 13 years total near $400 million slash line.
his 2019 & 2020 slash lines were worse
his 2022 was about the same as 2021 at .291 / .366 / .467 / .834
why would he get a deal in 2023 that nobody would offer in 2022?
This is who Carlos is now. The Giants can't expect him to turn into 2017 Carlos
Bryce Harper is worth that deal. Aaron Judge is worth that deal. Trout & Ohtani. Mookie Betts. But Carlos Correa .... nope.