The Return of Carlos Correa

I am drawing that info from Roster Resource on fangraphs. https://www.fangraphs.com/roster-resource/payroll/astros. Their math may be off and my math may be off even more. That page says the CBT hit to the Astros for Correa in 2025 is only $1.5M which is very hard to believe. Since the other teams covered the bulk of Sanchez and Urias salaries, their math shows Houston still under the tax. If Houston was able to add those 3 players without giving up any major prospects and still stay under the CBT (preserving a 2nd round pick when Framber rejects a QO), Dana Brown and Jim Crane literally deserve an award.

 

spotrac says we are on the hook for for like 8.5 million. I have no idea how any of this stuff works.

 

I know how it works (mostly) but getting verified details of the amount each team is paying in these deals is hard. Spotrac shows $8.412M for actual cash owed by Houston but only $6.89M for CBT purposes.

 

I'm pretty sure I've learned in the past to just not worry about it until MLB does their official calculations after the season.

 

Doesn't really matter in the end...what's done is done. CC has been good so far

 

I actually care more about the draft picks lost , or if they're losing draft picks.

 

I am just so glad to have him back, he brings a swagger of confidence to this team that we needed. He is just a natural fit with the Astros

 

Altuve pleaded and lobbied just so that a MLB team would give him a chance. Correa was a blue chip prospect since a very early age. Both of these guys personalities formed very different, as one was humble the other one quite brash; though both guys are very respectful in their own right. But Correa natural developed his swagger from a fine combination of brashness and respectfulness; quite intriguing.

I think they both are all-world talents that compliment each other very well. I’m so glad to see these two back together!

And I’m looking forward to Correa getting his Astros total number to compliment Altuve, just like Biggio and Bagwell complimented each other.

 

I'm sure these duos have complimented each other many times over the years, due to the fact that they complement each other so well.

I'll see myself out.

 

I would love to see Correa get back on his HOF trajectory.

 

I would be pissed if I were a fan of any other World Series contender. The Astros get serious injuries and it looks like they are finished, and the Astros owner leverages the Twins situation and his relationship with a player under contract on another team to add a potential star for the cost of a middle reliever in free agency.