Carlos Correa to Mets - 12 Years, $315 Million

[Jake McKibbin]

Carlos Correa had a difference in opinion with the Giants about a result on his medical, and has pivoted to the Mets (deal again pending physical) but will be interesting to see if they've already agreed this flagged up issue isn't a concern for the Mets

Will be playing 3rd Base, and makes that left side of the infield a thing of beauty

 

Potential Top of their Lineup 

1. Brandon Nimmo

2. Franciso Lindor

3. Carlos Correa

4. Pete Alonso

[BlightyBrew]

I wonder if Stearns has a huge calendar on the wall counting down the days.

[Jake McKibbin]

The mets are just looking nuts, added some HR power, Better defense to a lineup that was already a hugely consistent one, and with that Starting rotation being near the top (if healthy), i think how insane their BP looks is really  bonkers. David Robertson is their 7th inning guy....

[Ron Robinsons Beard]

At this point, looking at the Mets payroll, it's very difficult to not want them to fall flat on their face.

[wibadgers23]

The NL East is going to be ridiculous this year.

[Jopal78]

Now Eduardo Escobar and his $10 million dollar salary find themselves on the bench. Maybe there’s a phone ringing in Milwaukee.

[Ron Robinsons Beard]

1 minute ago, Jopal78 said:

Now Eduardo Escobar and his $10 million dollar salary find themselves on the bench. Maybe there’s a phone ringing in Milwaukee.

That actually makes a lot of sense. Veteran switch hitter with positional versatility and is already familiar with the team. He seemingly left a good impression in his time here. I can't imagine he'd cost a ton in a trade, either, as the Mets have to be desperate to shed some payroll.

[DR28]

11 minutes ago, Jopal78 said:

Now Eduardo Escobar and his $10 million dollar salary find themselves on the bench. Maybe there’s a phone ringing in Milwaukee.

Oh yes, I would love to get him for 3B again! And could play 1B vs LHP.

[Sixtolezcano]

The deals given to the top players just shows the rot that is MLB and really all of professional sports.  As much as anyone here wants the Brewers to extend Burnes, Woodward, Adames, etc. there is about a 5% chance of that really happening. And what if it does? The chances of the Brewers or really any small market baseball team of winning a World Series is minuscule. Teams in Chicago, New York, Houston, Los Angeles will always have a massive advantages over the teams in Milwaukee, Oakland, Cincinnati, Pittsburgh, Minnesota, Kansas City, Detroit, Cleveland, Baltimore, Seattle, Denver, Washington D.C. That is the way the system is setup. Even teams in huge cities like San Diego, Phoenix, Tampa, Miami, Dallas, Philadelphia, St. Louis, etc. have such short runs in contention it doesn’t much matter. This is the history of the MLB and it always will be. Why do you think there is such reverence on this site for the 82 Brewers? Cuz the system is set up that way. Small market teams like Milwaukee May have short runs of 3 to 4 years and maybe win a WS once every 40-50 years before they lapse into obscurity. Just like the saying goes….follow the $$$$ as the ante will always increase.

[Jopal78]

2 minutes ago, Sixtolezcano said:

The deals given to the top players just shows the rot that is MLB and really all of professional sports.  As much as anyone here wants the Brewers to extend Burnes, Woodward, Adames, etc. there is about a 5% chance of that really happening. And what if it does? The chances of the Brewers or really any small market baseball team of winning a World Series is minuscule. Teams in Chicago, New York, Houston, Los Angeles will always have a massive advantages over the teams in Milwaukee, Oakland, Cincinnati, Pittsburgh, Minnesota, Kansas City, Detroit, Cleveland, Baltimore, Seattle, Denver, Washington D.C. That is the way the system is setup. Even teams in huge cities like San Diego, Phoenix, Tampa, Miami, Dallas, Philadelphia, St. Louis, etc. have such short runs in contention it doesn’t much matter. This is the history of the MLB and it always will be. Why do you think there is such reverence on this site for the 82 Brewers? Cuz the system is set up that way. Small market teams like Milwaukee May have short runs of 3 to 4 years and maybe win a WS once every 40-50 years before they lapse into obscurity. Just like the saying goes….follow the $$$$ as the ante will always increase.

In part I agree, players have always gone where the money is; and the new labor deal especially stacks the deck against teams without huge local broadcast revenue.
 

But extreme payroll discrepancy is really a creation of the last 25 years or so. In fact, the Brewers had the highest paid player in baseball, some 30 years ago.

 

[Sakatarama]

I become more disheartened with each passing day at the state of our franchise in comparison to major media markets.

At least we'll get Baty when we trade them Burnes and Adames at the deadline.

[Frisbee Slider]

There is a lot of age in the Mets bullpen and rotation. There likely will be injuries. Correa has legitimate injury concerns, too. I don’t think the Astros, Braves, Nationals, Cubs or Royals in recent years ‘bought’ their WS titles. 

it would be great to buy every free agent but I don’t think those teams usually win the championship in the past decade. It would seem surprising if most or any of this year’s big name free agent contracts pay off in a meaningful way.

[jjgott]

24 minutes ago, Sixtolezcano said:

The deals given to the top players just shows the rot that is MLB and really all of professional sports.  

What's the rot?  $$$ exploded because live sports became the one thing that networks could count on getting viewers.  That money was going to one of two entities: the players or the owners.

Given the two choices I would much rather the windfall to go to the workers who actually provide the product.

Steve Cohen explicitly said he is going to do whatever it takes to deliver a World Series to the fans because he is a Mets fan himself.  If any of the posters here owned the Brewers and had unlimited funds, I'd hope they'd do the same.

 

[Brewcrew82]

16 minutes ago, Sakatarama said:

I become more disheartened with each passing day at the state of our franchise in comparison to major media markets.

At least we'll get Baty when we trade them Burnes and Adames at the deadline.

We better not be trading from a first place team again. 

[patrickgpe]

dude fails his physical and the mets response is to give him more money a year. what the heck. 

[sveumrules]

6 minutes ago, patrickgpe said:

dude fails his physical and the mets response is to give him more money a year. what the heck. 

New deal is slightly lower AAV.

13/350 = 26.92

12/315 = 26.25

[Harold Hutchison]

1 hour ago, Jopal78 said:

Now Eduardo Escobar and his $10 million dollar salary find themselves on the bench. Maybe there’s a phone ringing in Milwaukee.

I wonder how far over the luxury tax threshold the Mets have gone... perhaps the Crew can really hold them up.

[Jake McKibbin]

Just now, clancyphile said:

I wonder how far over the luxury tax threshold the Mets have gone... perhaps the Crew can really hold them up.

Given they're in the 90% tax, this would be taking 19 Million off their bill, not that Cohen will care too much

[sveumrules]

1 minute ago, clancyphile said:

I wonder how far over the luxury tax threshold the Mets have gone... perhaps the Crew can really hold them up.

Cohen doesn’t care about money, no one is getting held up.

If they decide to salary dump Escobar they’ll get a nondescript low level prospect.

[Ron Robinsons Beard]

We've seen Phillies fans and their ownership brag about the "stupid money" they've spent in free agency. I guess that is finally starting to pay off a bit, but it's taken a while.  

[jjgott]

3 minutes ago, clancyphile said:

I wonder how far over the luxury tax threshold the Mets have gone... perhaps the Crew can really hold them up.

@JeffPassan

The New York Mets current payroll is estimated to be around $384 million. The luxury-tax payments alone will exceed $111 million. Their total payroll projects to be $495 million.

 

 

[Jake McKibbin]

Wouldnt it be interesting if the luxury tax went to the teams who didnt go over the limit

 

Owners may not use it, but fan pressure is a thing

[Sixtolezcano]

I would much rather give that $$$ to the players as well instead of 30+ owners. But remember that money comes out of your’s and my pocket. If not for ticket prices, but new stadiums, food and beer prices, parking, etc. They’re pricing themselves out of business. The owners have absolutely no forsight. And that is why baseball popularity has declined.  A couple of decades ago I could afford to attend 20-25 games per year, now only 2-3. 

 

 

[Jake McKibbin]

1 minute ago, Sixtolezcano said:

I would much rather give that $$$ to the players as well instead of 30+ owners. But remember that money comes out of your’s and my pocket. If not for ticket prices, but new stadiums, food and beer prices, parking, etc. They’re pricing themselves out of business. The owners have absolutely no forsight. And that is why baseball popularity has declined.  A couple of decades ago I could afford to attend 20-25 games per year, now only 2-3. 

 

 

Count yourself lucky, as an irishman I've no chance of seeing any :P

 

But yeah good point, even if it was redistributed among grassroots etc, where does it currently go?

[Brock Beauchamp]

2 hours ago, Ron Robinsons Beard said:

At this point, looking at the Mets payroll, it's very difficult to not want them to fall flat on their face.

I'm pulling hard for a #lolmets season for sure.