I don't know why people here are so so delusional regarding Correa. And yes besides the fact he isn't much of a productive hitter these days (think Jake Meyers as a comp) he's very likely to miss significant time on the field these next 3+ years. His one calling card left is his stellar play at SS. But he'll be playing 3rd for the first time in forever. So we aren't even getting that. The Twins would have to cover 20 of the 33 million just to even start making any sense with this deal. And they aren't doing that. 0.1 WAR? Yikes Maybe we can give a call to Josh Redick while we are at it.
A Jake Meyers level hitter, when Jake Meyers is injured, is a good addition for this lineup. You're leaving out other things Correa brings like leadership, sparkplug, merch sales.
my man he was 155 OPS+ last year, second highest number of his career, just off 2017. his bat speed, hard hit rate, etc. are all in line with career norms. you can be like "WHAT ABOUT HIS BATTING AVERAGE THIS YEAR SINCE HE'S BEEN HURT" but might i gently suggest that it's not other people being crazy when they think other indicators tell a more complex and better-sampled story.
319 ABs. The other troubling aspect to the remainder of his career. I'll stick with the 46 projected RBIs in 500 ABs this year. In the heart of the lineup. That's the equivalent of inserting Jake Meyers this season in the middle of our lineup. Somebody really brought up merch sales and an intangible? Lol He's going to average 16 home runs and 57 RBIs in his first 4 Seasons with Minnesota. That's not even Ramon Urias level if he was given a chance to play everyday.
i mean, sure, but you wouldn't be very good at predicting anything. "here's all this other data but i'll ignore it because it complicates my story."
Last year he had the highest wRC+ of his career. And he has wRC+ of 114 since May 1st and 131 since the ASB. He's not an MVP candidate, but he is without question not "breaking down"
Expansion of the playoffs has made things worse. Creates a lot more buyers than sellers or teams hesitant to sell because they think they still might be in it.
If Houston wants to win the World Series, they need: Another bat that projects for a wOBA >.330 Another SP that projects for an xFIP <4.00 Another RP that projects for an xFIP <4.00 They can afford to trade away: Jacob Melton or Brice Matthews Upper level minor league pitching (Ullola, Blubaugh, Fleury, Gordon, Gusto, Pecko, Mayer, Hicks, Santos, Santa) Fringey prospects like Whitcomb, Cole, Corona, etc.
Facts. Funny, I didn't see a single insider tweet yesterday saying "Astros showing interest in Ramon Urias to help plug hole at 3B"
LOL what a difference 24 hours makes in your processing...glad you learned to read between the lines now.
