I know it's not the smartest move a front office can make. But you can't always sign your franchise guys on team-friendly deals. At some point, you have to break the bank for the guys who matter. Correa is that guy. He's probably never going to be a 30-35 HR, 110+ RB guy we thought he was at one point, but he's one of the best defensive shortstops in baseball and one of the most clutch hitters in franchise history. He needs to retire an Astro or at least play the vast majority of his career here. After the season, they need to sit down with Correa and figure out a way to keep him. If it means they're in a bad financial spot in 6-7 years, oh well. Keeping him buys you how many more seasons of contention? And if you come up on Alvarez and Tucker's contracts in a few seasons and can't find a way to keep both, you can live with it to keep Altuve, Correa and Bregman intact. I just can't imagine this team without Altuve and Correa on it.
The Mariners haven’t been in the playoffs in 20 years the longest drought in North American Sports. Baseball, Football, Basketball and Hockey.
PAY THE MAN, Crane! Period. Otherwise, you will piss away a lot of the good will you have built during this amazing run with Astros’ fans. Make Altuve and Correa the new and improved Biggio and Bagwell tandem.
10 years, somewhere in the neighborhood of 300-350 million. He’s worth more than Lindor, who got 10 years, 341M from the Mets. I understood making Correa prove he could stay healthy for 162 games and hit an elite level this season before making an offer like that, but Jim Crane cannot let him leave. His value to the team goes beyond his play. He’s a team leader and the only player that had the balls to tell everyone in baseball to shut up regarding the sign-stealing scandal. Crane needs to make him an Astro for life like Altuve. After this game, Altuve said in a post-game interview that Correa is the leader of this team.
Losing correa, based on what he has done in the playoffs would make him the best mom rental player (randy Johnson) player Houston has lost in free agency factoring in the stage of their career.
55 RBIs in 67 post season games We paid Altuve $150 on a 5 year extension. I'm thinking similar 5 year time frame (he'll want to get paid again at age 32 one last time), but it will need to be slightly north of $30 million. 5 year 160-170 million is probably the target. Once someone goes Gerit Cole ridiculous (nearly 40 million) we will be out of the running. Even though I would pay Correa upper 30s easily.
Carlos is going to be worth what his agent can squeeze out of his next employer. And at this point, 10 years 400 million might be on the high end, but it isn’t out of the question. If a team wants an identity, they are signing a face of a franchise for the next 10 years. Defense with elite offense at SS is a dream scenario. Because when SS and catcher figure to be to bottom end of offense; yet the SS has a top 3 WAR, it’s all gravy… Astros may be able to compete without Carlos Correa next season, but it will be a lot harder to stay elite without him; not impossible, just a bigger unknown.
And they would have been better without him. He played because he played half the game well and the press kissed his butt.
I could see him going somewhere like the Cubs. They are set up beautifully to pick up a splash free agent signing, and he’s young enough to fit with their rebuild. Plus it’s a position of need for them. Regardless, he’s going to get paid somewhere!
Correa got more clutch hits in the playoff than Watsons got accusers. Pay the man, make him mayor, and pay him again.
