Whatever Happened to Carlos Correa and Leg-Gate?

After a week of the most intense coverage of the free agent, hot stove, signing of Carlos Correa, now all we hear is crickets

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By: Kurt Dillon Twitter:@kurtdillon_com

Is Correa a New York Met, or isn’t he?

It appears we will have to wait a little longer to determine the answer to that question.

That’s because, unlike the 12 hours Correa’s agent Scott Boras gave the San Francisco Giants, who initially balked (pun intended) enough at the results of the superstar’s physical to cancel the 13-year, $350 million contract both sides had agreed upon, Boras has opted to give Mets owner Steve Cohen a full 14 days to decide whether he wants to go ahead with the 12-year, $315 million deal, or some modification thereof, which those two sides agreed upon the day after the Giants deal imploded.

At this point, the man who was, only a few short weeks ago, considered by many to be the top free agent on the market, and absolutely the best shortstop, now appears to be persona non grata around the majors.

If the deal with the Mets dissolves the way the Giants deal did, Correa will be lucky to ink a 1-year deal and a team option for 2024, with any of the worst teams in baseball.

The Atlantic writer Ken Rosenthal revealed in a recent podcast that believes the Mets will not outright cancel their interest in Correa as the Giants did but will most likely significantly modify the deal into something not even closely resembling the original 12 years and $315 million. Rosenthal believes that the restructured deal offered by the Mets will most likely be heavily laden with performance clauses and safety nets for the Mets in the event Correa’s body gives out.

Exactly what the future holds, both for Carlos Correa and the New York Mets remains to be seen. Instead, we watch and wait, and wonder if this type of unprecedented 11th-hour contract retraction will become the new norm now that Major League Baseball teams have established the routine of offering contracts spanning more than a decade and inching closer to the half-billion-dollar total value watermark with each passing year.

How long will it take to get to that bar and who will be the first Major League Baseball player to receive Patrick Mahomes money? We will just have to wait and see, but this reporter believes we won’t have to wait too long. I am almost certain that we will see baseball's first half-a-billion-dollar man before 2030.

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