re: MLB Off-Season Thread: Story to Red Sox, Solar to Marlins

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on a three-year deal worth $105.3 million

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Dude thought he was going to the Yankees/Cubs/Sox for 3 times that. Growing up in Louisiana and living in Austin the 1st 27-28 years of my life, I watched a lot of games in the Astrodome and Minute Maid, so Ive always kinda kept up with the Astros. And when they moved to the AL, it was easier to kinda pull for them, then they got Bergman, and I watched them even more. And I’m not saying this because I’m a Braves fan and dislike the Astros or even Correa—he comes off very likable to me. But I’ve long since thought he was overrated. Not that he’s not a very, very good baseball player, but he’s not the future HOFer I think everybody thought he was gonna turn into. He wasn’t just the 1st overall pick, he was considered like THE best 1st overall pick for a while.

And again, while great, it seems everybody keeps thinking he’s gonna turn into this thing that he’s not. While still relatively young, he is who he is—there’s no magic switch to be turned on. He’s gonna be this guy and give you this production for the next 7-8 years. But he’s pretty much peaked. And anybody giving him $300 million as was rumored a couple years ago, was gonna get super burned. But this seems like a good deal for both parties. The Twins get a great player with a big name that they’re not tied to for very long. They could move him as early as this trade deadline. And he can opt out after this year if he surprises me and kills it and go hunting for that huge contract he was probably expecting. The market doesn’t seem great for position players so far this year. Maybe it changes next year and he can cash in.