In fact, the Twins PAID US to take him. I would be really pissed if I was any other team in the league, especially in the AL West. Which makes it even more fun.
SS Pena 2B Altuve DH Alvarez, Paredes C Diaz, Caritini LF Sanchez 1B Walker 3B Correa RF Smith CF Myers, Dubon
Astros are Champion Level, Not a Pretender Level, Rockets have a 2 season window and then collapse and Sheppard, Thompson, Sengun are the Next Group.
The team got it done. Correa still is great defensively. Hopefully his bat can be a spark as well. Will be a interesting rest of the year and moving forward.
Astros are putting up ~$21.2M AAV (~$70M/3.3yrs) for Correa. They’re paying him barely more than they are paying Christian Walker. This is such a good deal I’m genuinely surprised the Commissioner allowed it.
Respectfully disagree. How many meaningful memories do you think Springer has created since joining the blue jays. If you were to ask him his best memories as a big leaguer, there all with the Astros. Now I’m not saying he’s dying or even asking to come here, but I’m sure he felt something seeing this trade making g him remember the good ole days
Springer has never showed that he has a warm spot for the Astros, like Correa. He seemed happy to move on and doesn’t really discuss his tenure here very much. I don’t think he hated it here or anything but this team was just a pitstop to him. Still an Astros legend regardless..
If you drop the first month of the season, his statistics this year are WAY better. If you scroll through his game log, his Average and OPS have been steadily climbing over the last two months. I had Claude.AI analyze his statistics month over month: Carlos Correa's 2025 Monthly Performance - Clear Improvement Trend March (Terrible Start) 12 AB, 0 R, 0 H, .000/.077/.000 (.077 OPS) MLB Stats, Scores, History, & Records | Baseball-Reference.com Started the season with a brutal 0-for-12 stretch Essentially no offensive production whatsoever April (Still Struggling) 95 AB, 10 R, 23 H, .242/.284/.358 (.642 OPS) MLB Stats, Scores, History, & Records | Baseball-Reference.com Below-average performance with low power (1 HR) Poor on-base percentage at .284 May (Breaking Out) 67 AB, 11 R, 21 H, .313/.352/.522 (.875 OPS) MLB Stats, Scores, History, & Records | Baseball-Reference.com Massive improvement - jumped to .313 batting average Power surge with 4 home runs in the month Strong .875 OPS indicating elite production June (Solid Consistency) 93 AB, 11 R, 25 H, .269/.306/.376 (.682 OPS) MLB Stats, Scores, History, & Records | Baseball-Reference.com Maintained solid contact at .269 average Consistent production with 2 home runs July (Strong Finish) 70 AB, 8 R, 21 H, .300/.388/.371 (.759 OPS) MLB Stats, Scores, History, & Records | Baseball-Reference.com Excellent .300 batting average Outstanding .388 on-base percentage shows great plate discipline The Progression is Undeniable: March-April OPS: .077 to .642 (terrible to below average) May OPS: .875 (elite level) June-July OPS: .682 to .759 (above average to very good) The narrative you read is 100% accurate. Correa started the season absolutely awful (.000 average in March, .242 in April), then had a breakout May (.313 average, .875 OPS), and has maintained strong, consistent performance since then. His improvement from a .642 OPS in April to .875 in May represents one of the most dramatic month-to-month improvements you'll see from an established player. This explains why he's drawing trade interest despite his overall .267 season average - teams can see he's clearly figured something out and is trending upward.
If Isaac, Pena, Yordan and Rake Meyers all come back by playoff time. This is a serious contender now
