The New York Mets agreed to a 12-year, $315 million contract with Carlos Correa but ultimately backed out due to concerns over his medical future.
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Mets' $315 million Carlos Correa decision just got a huge postscript update originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here.
The New York Mets were supposed to have Carlos Correa right now.
In the offseason between the 2022 and 2023 seasons, they agreed with Correa on a 12-year, $315 million contract. But the deal never was completed.
The Mets backed out of the deal. Concerns about Correa's medical future caused a change of heart.
They were the second team that offseason to do so, after the San Francisco Giants did the same thing.
Correa eventually signed a smaller contract with the Minnesota Twins, who ended up trading him back to his first team, the Houston Astros.
And while there's no telling what would've happened to Correa medically if he had ended up elsewhere, the reality is this: On Wednesday, Correa's 2026 MLB season was ruled officially over.
He had been hitting in the batting cage on Tuesday. He felt a pop. It was a torn tendon in his left ankle.
The Mets backed out of the contract due to concerns regarding Carlos Correa's medical future.
The Mets offered Carlos Correa a 12-year contract worth $315 million.
The Mets' decision to back out of the contract left Carlos Correa without a deal, impacting his career prospects.
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Just like that, his season was done:
There's no way to know for sure exactly what the Mets saw in their medical examination of Correa, if it had anything to do with this fate that has now befallen the long-time infield star.
But whatever it was, it may have saved the Mets from a long contract of uncertainty.
Not that New York's 2026 season is going much better at the moment, but still, it's quite the outcome.
The Mets and Giants both chose to pass on Correa even after contract agreements for physical reasons, and a few years later, Correa was hurt while taking batting practice in the cages.