The Giants and Carlos Correa agreed to terms last week on a 13-year, $350MM framework for a deal. That structure was pending a physical and Correa had yet to officially sign the contract. The club was going to introduce him today but the scheduled news conference was postponed due to a medical concern, reports Ronald Blum of the Associated Press. Earlier today, Susan Slusser of the San Francisco Chronicle reported that the postponement was related to the fact that the club was “awaiting test results.” At this point, it isn’t known what exactly is causing the holdup, with Blum’s report simply stating that “a medical issue was flagged.”
Beyond that information, anything else is speculation at this point. It isn’t publicly known what the issue is or how serious it is. It’s also not known if the Giants simply want to conduct further tests or have firm evidence of something that will lead to the deal being called off or restructured. However, the fact that they are at least delaying the official stamp is a situation that will be worth monitoring.
Over the past eight seasons, Correa has been one of the best shortstops in baseball but one knock against him has been durability. He has gone to the injured list with various issues in his career, including a torn ligament in his thumb, lower back soreness and a fractured rib. However, he largely moved past his “injury-prone” label in recent years. He played 58 games in the shortened 60-game season in 2020, followed by 148 contests in 2021. This most recent season, he went on the IL for a finger contusion and went to the COVID-IL once but still got into 136 games on the year, staying healthy for the entirety of the second half of the season. Again, it’s worth repeating that we don’t know what the current issue is or the severity of it, but Slusser reports that is not a back problem.
LOL
Question: Correa got diarrhea?
Answer: Depends
You mean Gonorrhea!
@George: you seem to have an obsession with STD’s.
Gonecorrea
Well, they are actually referred to as STI’s now so…..
Like I said…
Hopefully it’s not ringworm.
That was funny
I wish we could post gifs on here. So insert any laughimg gif. That was a good one. *thumbs up emoji*
Maybe the earthquake mixed his sample with someone else’s?
Hey! Back in my day, the clap and crabs were social diseases or VD.
I had a Subaru Impreza STI once.
Why do you think Gussie Busch fired me?
Who else had it? 😉
Cooties was high on my list…
Is ringworm worse than Covid?
Why all the ringworm jokes?
Genuinely curious. Never had either. Maybe I had Covid if a symptom is diarrhea?
Brew88 for the win
Never mind, I found the Tatis reference…
“I inadvertently took a medication to treat ringworm that contained clostebol.”
Impreza. Respect!!
Clap of the yap???? Could be alot of things ???? Does anyone else think it could be illegal substance for performance that could cost half a season? Or worse ? Just hope it’s nothing that could be life altering …..but holy shito very interesting
Harry bécuz u were nailing his wife?
It’s possible. Could have been mixed up with Joc’s. Checked his blood and it registered 92% Big Mac sauce and they freaked out hard..
Two all beef patties special sauce lettuce cheese pickles onions on a sesame seed bun.
A Suburu, all we need to know about you.
you weren’t very good. With her.
Whoa. That’s a little harsh for a Comments board.
I had an EvoX back in 09 and it could never take the new STI’s that came out right after. Never understood why. They were supposed to be basically the same bone stock.
Take the garbage elsewhere. No one comes here to read about your political views. Read the f*#$king room.
You mean Syphilis!
I heard he caught a bad case of the Gonnaherpacyphaloids, but it was probably just some tainted meat he ate..
Must get his meat from the same slaughterhouse as Canelo Alvarez.
Pubic crabs are a parasite, not a disease
I understand that’s highly unlikely
@Trumbo- No silly it’s just a bout of Chlamydia!
Sounds like you know Correa personally?
Tattoo gone bad?
He has diCorrea
youtube.com/watch?v=YwSiFhAjwgw
i’m going to declare this the worst mlbtr thread ever, and that’s saying something
Yup, told everyone this guy’s a taint!
Hooray! I spread annoying messages about an athlete I don’t know and am jealous of! Please celebrate me! I’m so lonely!
Kinda crazy how spreading stupid messages is more contagious than anything listed above
Sounds like Mattime needs some Nappytime! Triggered?
@Dumpster Divin Apparently you were, to feel need to respond by hurling personal insults.
Just concerned with mattytimes psychosocial wellbeing as would a school nurse or Dr Phil. Who couldn’t use a nap, particularly in this punishing industrial age we live in. Sure the cotton gin means we can spring for fancy placemats and treats for the cats, but geez- the hours. Mattime – Naptime = Nofuntime
They did an ultrasound and found a trash can lid
Eardrum damage from all the trash can banging during the 2017 season?
No probably eardrum damage from hearing the Stros batters batter the Yankees. And then all the metal lids closing sweeping up Yankee trash.
Face it, Astros fans will always be reminded of trashcangate. You may say you don’t care, and you’ll point fingers at other teams, but down inside you know it’s a tainted title.
Isn’t that an 80 dance ditty- Tainted Title?
Tainted Title is the name of one of Altuves dogs. That, and Don’t Remove My Shirt Bro I’m Shy
Whew! I was worried he was pregnant…
And you’re the father!
Hey! I don’t think we found Maury’s replacement. It’s more dramatic to not use contractions.
And you seem jealous!
Probably not an issue in San Fran.
@MannyBeingMVP- And the buzzer???
Good luck with that 13 year contract with no trade clause LOL
uuuuh the deal isn’t finalized. Giants can walk away lol
How prophetic. Getting out of this contract is the best news imaginable for the Giants organization. This was the most foolish contract in mlb history. Your fans will be hurting for a few days, until they come to the realization that this turn of events will actually save the Giants about 7-9 years of misery. Congrats on making the tough decision to burn that contract. You have an excellent pitching rotation, with great depth, a fine bullpen, and plenty of quality position players. Grab one or two more mid-tier guys with some pop, and you’ll be fine.
Wait…I thought The Giants were gonna sign Aaron Judge? LOL
*Arson Judge
dude chill… you were ready to burn your judge jersey… you were sweating it
It’s not funny.
His at home “massages” are the problem.
Seriously what is it with our Houston teams and weird massage crap haha. I wonder if Watson hooked Correa up with his massage therapists or vice-versa..
Cubs fan here. Have the Cubs officially signed Swanson?
Something to think about before laughing.
Hahahahahaha
Nah, Cubs got Swanson. Braves? AA is a devil & a trickster, what’s he done…?
Can AA be David Copperfield?
So upset with AA huh? The guy legit made moves to bring a title to the Braves. Have you forgotten all those years with not even advancing in the playoffs??? He has been making sure there is a quality product on the field for the Braves for many years to come. Swanson isn’t worth the money to the Braves And AA has been setting this team up for years to come and not for the next 2-3 seasons like the Mets.
The Braves made the biggest trade of the offseason so far.
Well, Swanson did play in ALL 162 games last season.. No reason ror any concern with Dansby.
Technically, everyone that has been injured was healthy in the past. No one knows anything about future injuries. They can happen to anyone. People are just gambling on probabilities.
Swanson got Nimmo money. I think Swanson last season was due to growth and he may do even better at Wrigley Field.
People are just gambling on probabilities.
==================================
As they should.
I wasn’t saying they shouldn’t do that. It was a commentary on how past health is no guarantee of future good health.
No guarantee but an indication. Some people have better protoplasm than others.
Doesn’t matter. If they back out of the agreement without cause, they’ll have problems signing FAs in the future.
They will probably get a really nice lawsuit too.
Yeah problems signing future cheaters. No problem signing anyone else, especially when the first 40 wheelbarrows show up
Oh boo hoo. Lawsuit pantsuit. Speaking of which, sounds like someone’s is stitched on a bit too tight.
Steve Cohen is waiting for Correa .
Hey! But what if he has two years to live? Will Boras go for the option in the third year, just in case?
The Padres will still offer him $150M/5.
Al, you called it!
PROPHET
LOL? Really? Mike Leach’s initial report was a medical issue as well. The internet has really become a place of debauchery and malice. Im praying its just a simple issue.
Simple as a cheatro banditro.
Not sure of what the medical problem is, but Carlos has worked very hard on his conditioning
Huh huh, huh huhh… you said hard on… ahhuh huh huh
And missed 26 games.
Why are we pretending he’s durable?
I wouldn’t make fun of a health situation until something is announced. You never know what it could be.
Just so you all can see where I’m coming from, while something like this can simply be a minor injury or a PED issue, there are other serious issues can happen….especially with the care they’re taking with Correa’s privacy. For example, a lot of us that are older, we remember when Tommy Morrison was supposed to have a fight setting up a matchup with Mike Tyson, however, that fight was cancelled the night of the fight due to “a medical concern” that needed to be confirmed, so everyone was “awaiting test results.”
Let’s see what this is first before any comments are made.
I hope it’s nothing severe.
@MarlinsFan you forgot to mention Morrison was found to be HIV positive for those who don’t know. On a side note Rocky 5 was trash which Morrison was in.
@soco Every Rocky movie was GREAT stop talking trash. Dada duh dada duh
@SocoComfort
Yeah, I figured for those that didn’t know, they could search it to get the point about them just cracking on Correa before any of us know what happened here…the same way nobody knew what happened to Morrison until it was announced after he got the confirmation blood results of his positive test.
This situation with the safeguarded approach to Correa’s privacy is pretty similar to the day that Morrison’s fight was cancelled. I hope Correa is ok.
My exact thoughts and was going to comment the same thing….some people are gonna look stupid if God forbid it’s a serious illness.
@Dock_Elvis
Yeah, I’m hoping he’s ok. I think a lot of us that are older probably thought of the Morrison situation because that’s the only thing that was high profile like this where a cancellation happened with vague comment that feels ominous.
A lot of the commenters cracking on Correa don’t seem to understand how odd and rare something like this occurrence is…and how it always leads to a sad result in some capacity.
Rather than jump to Morrison-type issues, just look at the contract JD Martinez signed with Boston.
At the medical review side of things, Boston balked, the deal was put on hold, and they renegotiated some team opt outs if the lis franc became an issue again.
Same team, Boston took issue with Mike Napoli and his hip. There was an agreement in principle for multiple years, looked at medicals and had concerns. Deal was held up and turned into a one year guaranteed deal instead with other provisions. Then they went on and had him multiple years and escalators gave him his original value.
It’s not unprecedented, it’s just this is a much longer term, many more years in length mega deal.
Different teams look at things differently as well. Think back to the Brady Aiken situation and Houston.
Anymore “fake signings” for the Giants? lst Arson Judge, and now Carlos Correa?
Ruh-roh!
Exactly the thought that came to mind
PED test?
They seem to say that these physicals don’t include PED related testing thats something the league does separately.
Youngliam, certainly good info if accurate. Where did you get the info?
Jinkies!
Recall he also didn’t want teams to see his medicals unless they had an offer on the table, which makes this even more interesting.
Could be nothing, could be something. We shall see. SF fans are going to be pissed if he has a prohibitive medical issue though.
We may never know.
HIPAA rules.
Except it’s not quite that at this point. At least, with the number of parties involved and looking at the documents and records, not everyone will abide.
They found a moment of sanity, and now need to find a way out?
Hey! Cubs could still use a third baseman.
Keep him!
Braves could use a SS, but only a healthy one, for a lot less money…
Hard pass. If he cant pass his physical for SF then he’d likely would fail a tbe same physical for the Cubs.
I think the concern by the Cubs fan was that if Correa’s deal is voided, could the Giants pivot to Swanson and poach him from the Cubs. I could be wrong.
He’d definitely fail the Orioles!
Mets said they got in but to late ????maybe Carlos n giants agree to let him go to Mets? San Diego? Beyond the sun? Library of Congress?
Zaidi woke up with a killer hangover, scrolled through MLBTR and said, “I DID WHAT?!!!!” He immediately called the doctors and said, “You need to find something to stop this deal, I don’t care what it is, but make sure to be coy where the media is concerned.”
I DID WHAT!?!?
Right? They gave a guy who can’t stay in the lineup and who has a tarnished rep get this, Trout Money.
Woah nelly
LOL
Probably COVID
COVID is such a non-starter now. Everyone I know, myself included, who has gotten COVID in the last few months has had less symptoms than those who have actually gotten influenza (aka the normal flu).
Regardless of your beliefs, the league still has guys sit out if they test positive.
Not part of a belief system to simply rely on facts.
Some things are timeless
Not only that but you can’t make a blanket statement. I have a friend who is finally improving after nearly two months. My personal main concern is long term in that this is new and we don’t know what to expect five years from now for example.
no they do not.some teams do, not all the toronto blue jays do for sure.theres at least 15 teams that dont.
Facts are that both adult and pediatric rooms are full at just about every hospital. 60% of that is COVID. The one closest to my home is running 130% of capacity.
Right
It’s not like the hospitals get more money for covid related…
Plus, I believe everything they tell me.
I had one bad bout and one mild case. So it depends on the person I suppose.
Even a mild bout can result in long term health issues. Long COVID is real and scary.
Can we please not have a COVID argument on a baseball rumors website? It is so 2020.
I concur. I wish your opinion would go viral.
Yea sorry. Shouldn’t have jumped in there. Pointless.
@rct, Agreed. You are a visionary.
Its 2022 since its still here and still hospitalizing people.
@Von: wasn’t chastising you. You’re the best. I was replying to the top comment that started it. Sorry, the nesting of comments here gets confusing.
And while we’re at it, can we keep our politics to ourselves on a baseball rumors website? There are plenty of discussion/fight forums for the politically obsessed without turning MLBTR into another.
You obviously have a severely limited circle of people you know.
Says the dude posting on a baseball blog in his tightie whiteys
Thanks for explaining what influenza is, Doctor.
Presumably because you’re vaccinated. My unvaccinated cousin got Covid earlier in the year and ended up having a minor heart attack after getting the latest variant. Not saying most unvaccinated people will have a heart attack but it just ain’t worth it. If you got vaccinated for polio and measles then no point in Covid resistance.
COVID is significantly less potent than it was at its peak, but 6,000 people have still died from it in the past two weeks. But have no fear! Kellin is here with his anecdotal evidence to put all that to an end.
Unless Covid gave him a heart condition.
Richter35: Absolutely awesome reference to the NYR goalie. Mike was the best. You Yankees, Mets, or other for baseball?
I assume Yankees, Rangers, & Giants? Seems the most common grouping.
During a physical? I think it has to be something more than that.
This article never mentioned that a physical has even taken place yet. Maybe I’m interpreting it wrong but maybe it was a positive Covid test and the physical hasn’t been done yet . They could be waiting for test results that clear him to be Covid free so he can take the physical. Just a thought and could be completely off lol.
A positive COVID test wouldn’t garner this kind of delay with this level of ominously vague phrasing…. this kind of thing is typically a preamble to a deal falling apart over a viable physical issue or drug test result, etc. that causes a team to rescind an offer or severely downgrade the offer.
Covid or the flu
I think it would in this age pf instant reporting.
The San Francisco Giants have postponed Carlos Correa’s introductory press conference after “a medical issue was flagged during Correa’s physical”, per
@AP_Sports
I agree 100%. Probably everyone in the country has some Covid DNA in their bodies at this point.
It simply says they are awaiting the results of a test.
Yes, it would. See the MLB COVID protocols.
From that AP article
“One person confirmed that Tuesday’s conference to welcome Correa was put on hold because the sides were awaiting the results of testing. A second person said that a medical issue was flagged during Correa’s physical.”
@Youputsnot Thank you for doing that digging and making it more clear than what was here. Take Care
I told him he should study for the test!
Possibly an additional test because the blood work part of the physical revealed an elevated level of something that warranted it.
@C Yards Jeff
I’m thinking the same thing with that blood test revealed something. Blood test and the messages being ominous makes us as human beings hope that it’s nothing serious.
*RNA
Myocarditis?
@TrillionaireTeamOperator
Exactly. A Covid test would not raise a concern on a contract. Off the top of my head, if it isn’t physical damage, it seems like a blood test would cause this sort of pull-back out of nowhere…and the surrounding vagueness in the reporting until a result comes back. As far as I can think of, the only blood results that could trigger a question about the contract would be a drug failure, testing positive for a PED, having cancerous cells appear or testing positive for HIV.
I’m hoping it’s not one of the worse scenarios. If anything, a human being would hope, that if this is related to a blood test, that it’s a failed PED test because no one wishes addiction, cancer or HIV on anyone..
Probably ringworm
Paging Kumar Rocker…
Watch it be steroids lol
Wasn’t me
Waan’t mw … his new walk up song is gonna be “It Wasn’t Me by Shaggy. Lol
Or meds for ring worm.
I did see Correa wearing a BALCO hat, maybe there’s something to that?
Naww he’s probably in The Clear…
Massage related
RIP in peace
Rest in peace in peace?
iykyk
RIPIP
No, it’s ‘rest in pieces in peace’. Everyone knows that.
Rest in RIP
Just a touch of arthritis from beating on trashcans.
Nice current joke. Way to keep up with the times
Asterisks fly forever.
Dynasty’s too 🙂
I think you meant “dynasties”, which is hilarious. You guys have ONE non-tainted WS. Pretty much no one outside of Minute Maid sees that first one counting.
Let’s get another legit ring before we start using crazy words.
Amazing bird boy. You ignore 6 straight ALCS, 4 AL championships, 4 World Series, 2 World Series championships in the last 6 years. The only thing your beloved Cards have sniffed in the last 15 years is 1 world series which an Astro, Berkman, won for you. Go back to your little farm town and golden arch or whatever you call it.
I don’t think a Cards fan has much of a leg to stand on against an Astros fan. Isn’t there a former Cardinals employee currently in prison for hacking into the Astros system? Seems a bit worse than a trash can bang.
Do some research if you think these two are even close. One guy left our organization and his understudy hacked his emails or account. One front office person was implicated.
Slight bit different than a game time, team-coordinated (coaches and players) cheating scheme where several were directly implicated.
And dude, you called it a dynasty not me. You had a hell of a lot of second place finishes in there. Kinda like, oh yeah, the Cardinals 11-15, but you don’t hear us droning on like we were a “dynasty”.
You’re precious…
I mean, the Braves were referred to as a Dynasty when they won 13 straight division titles, but only 1 World Series. So there is an argument to be made; ultimately, it’s a pretty sounding word, but entirely subjective.
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Fair point, and I’d probably push back on them if they were legit caught cheating, as a team, in the playoffs.
That no players were punished is beyond me. And had we signed Correas cheating a**, I would’ve become a Cubs fan. It’s THAT bad!
I’m no longer a Brian McCann or Evan Gattis fan because of the scandal.
You are just an old, miserable jealous fan of the Cardinals who have been mostly irrelevant for the last 15 years. Get over it. Go root for Nootbar.
Hahaha, yeah the last fifteen years have been AWFUL as a Cards fan. I mean, I think we missed the playoffs twice, maybe even THREE times in that period. Last year we had to send off two future Hall of Famers and have to cheer for at least three potential others this year in Waino, Goldy and Arenado.
Absolutely awful I tell ya.
And what did you do in the playoffs? Mostly teams that faded out in round one. Godly and Arenado have never and will never win anything other than being kings of pasture town.
Well, we actually won in 06 and 11. You guys stole a trophy and won one. Calm down, sweetheart.
(Don’t be sad, I don’t blame you personally for your team compromising the integrity of the WS trophy. If it makes you feel better to say you have two rings [you even know you really don’t] that’s cool. That’s “almost” the same thing as 11 rings…)
Yeah right. You’re hilarious. If the Cards got caught doing the same thing (which they’ve done some bad things themselves) you’d go hide in a corner or you’d be on here saying “BuT EvErYoNe eLsE dOeS It!!!” It’s always funny until it’s your team, and a lot of you on here act like us as fans should garner some of the blame lol. And before you try to tell me how I should stop rooting for my hometown team over it, you know dang well you wouldn’t stop supporting yours.
No one blames Astros fans for supporting their team, but if you make excuses for the cheating then you’ll rightfully be castigated.
Nailed it.
Let’s go back just a bit further. In the last 18 years they’ve made the playoffs 13 times, reached the NLCS 9 times, 4 world series appearances, and 2 rings.
You’re right though, mostly irrelevant…
The Cardinals had a guy from their organization go to prison for cheating. Nothing the Astros, or anyone else has ever done can top that.
Your team cheated so bad a guy went to prison. Glass houses and all that. Nobody that roots for the friggin cardinals can say anything about cheating by another organization without sounding like a complete hypocrite. Your guy went to prison. Im not certain but I’m pretty sure no other MLB team, ever, can claim that level
of cheating.
@OCCity: True. He was punished. They weren’t.
Yes they were. They were fined and lost draft picks. Pretty similar to what happened to the Astros.
The commissioner did his best to sweep it under the rug just like he has done with every other cheating scandal he’s come across under his tenure. What makes the Astros stand out is the disgruntled former player giving an on the record interview about it. That is the primary reason the Astros scandal became the public sh@t storm it turned into. Without Mike Fiers the trash can thing would have been as quietly handled as the Cardinals, Yankees and Red Sox cheating.
@Bhambrave : I get what you’re saying. Brian McCann actually went to both Beltran and The manager pleading with them to stop the cheating. They wouldn’t stop. Yes he was involved but I still like Big Mac for trying to halt it.
Ronny, never heard that about McCann. Interesting.
I never heard that either. I feel a little better about Mac now.
25 years from now it will still be funny. The only ones that won’t like it are Astros fans.
And non-Astros fans who have simply moved on and don’t care
Not likely because at that time the full scope will be known and it will show they were just the fall team.
So the Astros didn’t do anything wrong? OK, whatever.
im not a giants fan at all.however he should not have gotten over 5 years with his injuries.if the the giants owner came to his senses,then good for him and giants fans.
Actually he might deserve 7 to 10.
After good behavior…
As a Giants fan, our team needs to start spending money and eating contracts if that’s what it takes because without a couple of names on our roster no free agents will want to come. Only willing to spend half as much and the Dodgers or Padres, expect to win only half as many games.
Bang that drum slowly.
It’s only speculation, but can you imagine if something happened and his deal was voided? He has 350 million reasons to want this to go through.
Not the same contractual responsibility but this has happened before. When it resolves, he and the team should party at Napoli’s
Sign Mancini, Duvall, Hendricks, and the good Roger’s and call it a day Giants.
Which Hendricks? Don’t think there are any that are free agents.
That’s so much worse than just signing Correa (before this apparent failed physical)
Ruh roh..wonder what it is? Lots of weird medical stuff happening to people here lately. Hope he’s ok.
not good
Oh man. A reverse Kumar Rocker coming?
Reverse Kumar Rocker sounds like something out of the Kama Sutra that you would need to do a lot of stretching to safely perform,
uh oh, is he gonna get Grant Balfour’ed?
Iwakuma too
LOL, my comment got flagged … Yall are soft
Be thankful you’re still here.
Umm okay overlord please don’t send me to the trade rumour gulag
Hey! I have a couple of accounts in the gulag. You can still upvote or change your screen name, but any comments posted disappear into the ether.
You look pretty soft yourself.
6’1 218lbs its a work in progress okay
You’re not soft, you’re just cultivating mass.
Midget… I mean little person.
That’s what she said! 🙂
Too many flops around the conveyor belt.
Mine did as well. Put it back up but not expecting it to be there for long. It’s not like it’s the 1st time Hahahahaha.
Its a badge of honour in my books
You kinda love me don’t you…
Someone needs to.
(heart emoji)
@georgejetson, had the first post on this thread, I had the 2nd. The powers that be thought we were bad boys, comes with the territory…
@georgejetson, do you believe the 1st response to your comment hat was removed was “LOL” & has 9 positive responses!!!
I didn’t know “bad boys” whined so much.
Only tough guys I know are stoic, keep to themselves and don’t spend all day in comment sections
haha @curly – No jokes allowed sir! I forgot we entered the era of softness what was I thinking :(…………..
This comment has an unhealthy level of negative vibrations.
Seek peace in life, my brother. Resist the temptation of the dark side.
Interesting. Giants off-season could be biggest disappointment in a while
Mets are now the favorite to sign Correa
Philly A’s;
I hear the Padres offed him $425m to pitch.
Or the Angels.
Still getting the rib breaking massages I guess.
Positive Rona test, eh?
Stay classy y’all. Anyways, hope he’s okay. No reason to “lol” at this.
LOL don’t you ever tell me what to do
why cant a laugh at a cheater?why cant i laugh at someone that stuck it to the twins?the giants are better off without him as is all of baseball.
You’d think they would schedule the press conference AFTER he passed the physical.
Ong please let this be a dumpster fire put out by a technicality.
I hope the deal gets voided or the league forces them to restructure it and the value is downgraded.
There’s always been something sketchy and shameless about Correa and I hope the Giants’ due diligence discovered it and it’s invalidating the deal.
Either the entire deal is getting voided or the league is forcing the Giants to restructure so that the AAV become unpalatable and they rescind the offer or whatever-
Either way this is a bad sign and I hope Correa has to eat crow and take a substantially less lucrative deal or shorter deal etc and winds up making way less money.
Or he’s been caught on banned substances and is about to get suspended before the deal even begins… which would be hilarious and could cause the Giants to void the deal and leave Correa a free agent with diminished prospects as he has to wait out half the 2023 season to even get signed… to some discounted pro rated one year deal…
Can you say any more clearly that you are gutter sl!m# than that comment? Wishing badly on another person ALWAYS comes back to bite you in the rear end. Karma is a beeetch,
I’m sure if Correa was on roids the league would’ve detected it by now
Did the physical reveal he’s really 36 years old?
Yea they cut him open and counted the rings
They found 1 ring and a butt-ton of ringworms.
Ok Mr. Cohen, let’s see if you put your money where your mouth is. You might not be “late” anymore.
@Manny Daring the guy with $17B to put up $350M? It’s 2% of his net worth. It’s like asking me for 40 cents out of the $20 in my wallet…..the guy has a stupid amount of money and a flowing source that makes more.
Nice call Manny!
I knew that it would be hard for them to keep a lid on this…
…if only there had been a sign, somehow.
Will this be something the Giants have to fight? Or is he not officially signed yet?
He is not officially legally signed yet. He has to literally sign and they have to process paper work to make him a contracted employee of the Giants, earning a salary of $27M a year or whatever- all contingent on this medical assessment holding it up.
Correa is still technically unsigned.
Not signed it’s all up to physical
Giants might dodge one. Never really made sense to commit so much money and time to a guy that deals constantly with injuries.
They may have. dodged one. They also can still go through with it with changes to the contract. Depends on what it is and how severe SF thinks it is.
If he misses a certain amount of time because of this specific injury then he makes less or it triggers a team option or something like that. Of course Correa and his people would need to agree. and may ask for something in return.
It’s not totally uncommon but it would be for a contract like this. If I remember correctly Red Sox did something similar with JD when they were worried about his foot. They protected themselves against a foot injury and I believe in return he wanted an opt out.
He’s got the stank, stank, stank, stank, stank.
You’re a mean one, Mr. Grinch
This has the potential to be very embarrassing for all parties involved but mostly Farhan who may never gain the trust of future impact free agents and all the fans that were about to burn him at the stake before signing Correa
Not sure how this is Farhan’s fault, unless he pushed him down the stairs
LOL
Ha ha. And frugalfarhan returns.
Wow, issues with his physical?
Purely speculative but I think the only issue that would get in the way of the deal being done is if they found out his back issue was degenerative.
This could potentially be the biggest contract about face ever.
Just stunning.
“Not a back problem”. Still stunning.
I wonder if Colonel Bruce Hampton was a Giants fan.
I’m basically frightened
Of moral turpitude
I’m scared of politicians
Who have no hobbies
As I get up in the morning
I’m afraid of increased weight
I am basically frightened.
All kidding aside….
Back off till the people involved can work it out one way of the other.
A company is commuting $200m-something to a potential employee.
It’s big business.
I’ll take him on the Dodgers for a 1 year deal for the league minimum plus incentives.
Only to take out the trash.
One last chance to keep that albatross contract off the books.
There is MORE than one knock against him. Ask any Dodger fan.
Dodgers Yankees and Red Sox cheated. Get over it
Red Socks maybe. Dodgers and Yanks – no. Get over it.
The Red Sox got punished, the Yankees literally had a letter come out saying they did the same thing, and go look at Bellinger’s stat line and tell me he wasn’t the largest recipient of the sign stealing era
Not a fan of Correa, but I hope it’s not life-threatening or even career-threatening.
Yeah I second this caveat that I don’t wish anything life threatening or debilitating on Correa- but if it’s something like steroids or a persistent sports impacting physical issue that isn’t debilitating in real world terms I happily own my schadenfreude on this.
Aloha folks, my gosh, torn ligaments, etc? Will Giants back out of the deal? Mahalo and Mele Kalikimaka
Why do you say hello on every comment lol
If it is Roids he is done and kiss that contract goodbye.
The league would’ve known by now if he was taking steroids
Oh my! This is breaking news!
Tommy John – That’s my prediction. It’s popping up with infielders more and more.
If it is TJ, does this void the entire deal and he goes back onto the market to wait it out until next year?
Typically contracts are contingent on a clean bill of health so I believe the Giants would have the ability to cancel the contract if it’s something that serious.
Maybe he really did give up a nut to win that ring! Maybe he’s no longer “two in the hannnn, oh nevermind”.
Correa has another massage-related-injury.
Deal is already signed.
This is click bait.
Deal is not signed. Deal is tentatively agreed upon, but the contract is signed upon completion of medical evaluations- the very thing holding it up. Giants can still rescind the offer and Correa is still a free agent.
Deal is signed. Physical was done weeks ago
I assume you are trolling. Every single media outlet has stated it has not been signed, merely agreed upon.
Even Judge didn’t sign his deal until today or yesterday and had taken two weeks off to go on a family vacation before officially signing the deal.
There’s a difference between an agreement and a signed contract. It’s the difference between a handshake deal and a contract, basically.
Cardsfanboy, go sit on timeout. This is big boy talk!
As Carlos will sign with the Mets tell you that you had no clue about how the signing process is done.
The physical is done after the agreement is set in place and if the player fails a physical the contract will be voided because of the failure to pass the physical.
Now had he gotten injured the moment after he passed the physical and the contract was official then the Giants would have been on the hook unless Carlos did something to void the contract.
So Carlos will be the Mets new third baseman and will not be playing for the Giants…
I am sure it would have been pending a physical in the contract for this to have been reported. This isn’t Yahoo news. It’s rarely clickbait.
LOL those shots fired at Yahoo. Made me literally crack up.
Deal isn’t signed until the physical is done and failure of the physical will void the contract.
Must have found a fracture in his integrity bone…
He doesnt have an integrity bone, had it removed years ago…
Okay sir I will give you that one. Bravo.
Must be serious…. WoW
Has this happened to any other player of his status before like right before his press conference
Check Fielding Statcast: Out Above Average
CC is negative, going to second/1st base and back, overall -3. Enjoy advance Statistics.
WAR fans… Only use the one that benefit the most, right? Mr. Kickboxing (Training with Joe Kelly?) vs Summo Massage breaking ribs.
A 19hr/60rbi average SS, and defensively going down.
Bro no one has any idea what you’re on about. Grammar and sanity check, pretty please.
???
Yeah this comment is a riddle wrapped in an enigma. A rooster illusion. Like a Gary Busey statement about ripping one’s endocrine system out of their body- it makes no sense.
Never use 1 season of a defensive metric. They vary too widely with that small of a sample size. Use 3 seasons. Only use rWAR. fWAR uses UZR which doesn’t take the shift into account. Its useless for position players.
This screws the Giants as well. The best spot for an upgrade was SS. Either Correa or Swanson would’ve been nice. Now that Swanson’s gone, the alternatives are all pretty weak.
SS is just one of MANY positions the Giants need to upgrade…
must be the dent in the garbage can muffling the sound enough to make it hard to hear on the field.
The Giants caught a huge break. They need to back away from the deal and move on.
This only serves to create more angst for suffering Twins fans.
Probably nothing more than Mondays physical blood test results not back due to holiday schedule at the lab. But you all keep it up with the poor attempts at humor and the wild speculations. I’ll go get popcorn.
I highly doubt they’d be doing what would have been the official blood tests so close to the holiday that it’d be delayed right when they were planning to announce the deal- which usually happens once the player has signed or as the player signs the contract.
This feels a lot more like something actually came up that is of legitimate concern and that maybe if there are more tests to be done, they’re re-doing the same tastes or doing additional tests to clarify or confirm an issue that came up already from initial test results.
due to holiday schedule at the lab.
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Anything could happen but:
1-If there was a delivery failure, they’d have probably said something less dire.
2-This is a $350M contract. They aren’t going to the local pharmacy, only to find out they’re closed on Sundays.
Holiday Schedule at the lab?? HAHAHAHAHAHA
Correa is hoping that this is like his massages and has a “happy ending.”
Where is Gmoney’s analysis when you need it?
In that beat-up trash can right there at the end of the bench…
I think everyone just realize that the Giants were not the Padres or Mets and therefore were not allowed to sign free agents this year.
I don’t think I’ve ever wanted a player’s career to implode and their earning potential to evaporate as much as I do Correa’s. This mystery issue holding up the deal is teasing some potentially amazing poetic justice for baseball for an over hyped cheater who thinks they should be one of the highest paid players in history when they could be going into year two of a very cushy and very guaranteed $160M deal and in fact may wind up leaving $124.9M on the table and never get that mega deal in any capacity, out of a level of hubris that is wholly undeserved and very few people even objectively agree is worth the self hype of the player.
I don’t mind ‘bad guys’ in baseball, I don’t mind seeing players I’m not a huge fan of thrive on teams I am not a fan of, who threaten my preferred teams’ chances of succeeding.
I do think someone like Correa thought he could hold the entirety of baseball hostage to get every dollar out of the game he possibly could, well above and beyond his value in terms of AAV and in terms of total years and if he fails to do so, it’ll feel like beautiful baseball poetic justice.
I hope this issue doesn’t just delay the deal, but obliterates it and Correa becomes the most notorious ‘what if’ ever of a guy that winds up making a fraction of what he and pundits thought he’d make in his career.
Have you seen him play short stop? He’s amazing
You do realize your team was doing the same thing Correa’s team was doing right?
Face it. If you are laying out that kind of bread, you are going to make sure every little thing is ship shape first.
Can you blame them?
If you want a summary of the comments, it says LOL, massages, trash cans lid, massage lol. PEDs mAsSaGe. LoL.
It really does feel like baseball fans would get more satisfaction out of seeing Correa run out of the game early in an embarrassing fashion than to play well for their team, never seeing his mega deal or having a relevant impact on a post season bound club.
Says a lot about the guy.
No. It says a lot about baseball fans.
Or both. Says a lot about how his character, statements and publicly available information on his approach to free agency is viewed by fans of the game.
He’s less of an exciting, valuable player and more of an unpleasant distraction with a hefty price tag who doesn’t stay healthy enough or impactful enough to justify.
So if a deal is reached, pen to paper, can this be reversed entirely because of medicals? Is this the gaints way to re-negotiate? When can other teams contact his agent? Very confusing development.
Yes. Maybe. Soon.
No deal was reached in terms of being signed so until they figure things out with the physical issue, the Giants owe nothing. They can walk away from the contract if they want since no one has signed the paperwork.
Pen has not yet been put to paper. The deal was tentatively agreed upon. Most baseball contracts are agreed upon in principle- the total years, the total dollars, possibly even the structure (so dollars paid per year, bonuses, buy outs, etc.) and then all of that is put into a contract that also includes language about personal conduct, physical and medical considerations that can void the deal or upon which the deal is contingent and then the player has medical exams and medical tests that confirm they are in the condition the team assumed they were in when the basic outline of the deal was agreed upon- at that point the contract language is finalized and vetted by the team’s business side- their chief legal counsel, team doctors, trainers, the GM, the ownership, etc.- and then that contract is presented to the player and their agent and the player then physically signs the contract with pen on paper or whatever and then the contract gets filed and the player signs additional paperwork to be put on the payroll and start to receive their salary beginning at a certain date and is added to the 40 man roster.
The only thing that has actually happened with this deal so far is that Correa and the Giants agreed on the length and the value of the deal, possibly other details like perks etc. and that was all being put into contractual language, with the medical exams and the blood tests etc. being the final piece that if Correa’s results were acceptable or within the expectations of the Giants, they’d have finalized the contract language, presented Correa and his agents with the contract and Correa would have signed that and then signed further paperwork to become an employee of the Giants as a player and be placed on their 40 man roster.
Something came up with his medical exam and tests to prevent them from finalizing the contractual language and thus nothing has actually been signed- Correa is not yet an employee of the Giants, no money has been legally guaranteed to him, he is not on their roster- and whatever this issue is may cause the Giants to void the tentative agreement they had in place and then poof, it’s like the 13 year $350M deal never existed and Correa remains a free agent- something he still currently is as of this article being posted.
Verbose trip to same conclusion we all arrived at in less words.
Yes, I am verbose and proud of it. My wind is long and I own my verbosity with pride.
Brevity is the soul of wit.
But until the final results of the physical are conclusive, both team and player are currently obligated to the agreement. If Correa was to suddenly announce an agreement with another team, he could be sued, as could the team, if they walk away for an unsubstantiated reason.
Do you think the giants looked at his injury history and thought, maybe 13 years with a no trade clause isn’t the wisest use of superstar dollars?! They need to take off the blinders they had on for Aaron Judge and realize the reason Correa wasn’t signed to a ultra long term deal last season was his inability to stay healthy long term. 350 million is an albatross contract that could cause competitive problems if they are not getting superstar level production for every year of that deal.
He’s pregnant…….. classic urinalysis joke.
I used to tell them when getting an x ray I can honestly say I’m not pregnant.
Maybe he hurt his hands banging on a drum in his Houston days
lolGiants
Maybe since hearing the Red Sox and Devers are galaxies apart the Giants look for an out with Correa and trade for and extend Devers.
The Giants farm isnt producing the kind of talent that gets you much of anything, let alone a Devers’ caliber player.
You may be right. I’m not that familiar with SF farm system but Luciano and Harrison would be a good start. I think ideally for the Red Sox they trade Devers to the Mets.
Does anyone have a rough percentage chance estimate of how likely this deal will be voided?
The AMA pegs the chances at 69%
Yes.
I’m sure Vegas is taking odds as we speak.
Probably aired live on Bally Sports!
Is it possible to be “prone” to cracked ribs, torn ligaments, and contusions?
BlueSkies, Only if you have Osteogenesis Imperfecta.
Oh! I’m sure that must be it!
You mean like Mr Glass in Unbreakable?
Precisely haha. I didn’t know if BlueSkies was a fan though so I had to be explicit.
I didn’t know about this movie, but I do now!
It is a real medical condition, and though extremely rare it seems a lot ballplayers have it!
Hahahahahahahahaha
Hasn’t Correa had back issues for years? People say he’s a great player and a great teammate, but frankly it seems like Dansby Swanson came with way less physical and emotional baggage for half the cost.
Also comes with way less production.
If you have heard anything the twins FO has said about him (and I’m a cards fan) and they type of person he is I think you would change your mind. I hate the whole trash can banging thing too but fact of the matter is he is a significantly better player than Dansby Swanson (who is closer to Paul DeJong than Correa).
Wow, this entire thread is a dumpster fire. It’s both horrifying and humorous.
Eh, let any worries go with the wind and you’ll probably be laughing as much as me! Cheers Rob
Good words, @Gwynning. I’m not worried. More fascinated by the range of comments that have nothing to do with the medical issue. I lean toward the humorous side.
It’s not statistically likely to be the reason, but these routine physicals occasionally find cancer and such a diagnosis would likely require follow up tests.
Hope he’s OK and we can get back to trash can jokes for him.
I don’t think anybody wants to see him actually suffer or be in real danger- I certainly don’t- but as far as the integrity of the game and as far as players getting paid what they’re actually worth, Correa’s entire journey through free agency ever since he turned down the Astros’ 5 year/$160M extension offer has been an embarrassment and the fact that it’s been like pulling teeth for him to find a mega deal when so many other players seem to find their mega deals very quickly and without much of any drama while Correa’s market is a veritable soap opera is an annoying distraction within the game- and I feel like most fans just want it to go away. Meaning him.
So if he’s been caught cheating or he’s got a degenerative physical issue that isn’t life threatening, the irony of that vs how he’s marketed himself especially given his relative youth would be kind of delicious irony.
But yeah if it’s a serious medical issue I sincerely hope he can beat it and come back 100% and earn a deal and be healthy through that deal’s tenure and live a full healthy life.
Not a Stros fan, but let’s be real. Correa got $35M for last year plus the $350M over 13 with the Giants, he essentially banked $385 over 14, so it seems he played it pretty pretty good. Now, all this goes out the window if they found something with his back, which was a concern for teams.
Agreed. I am an Astros fan, and I wish him well, but his “my time” act at the end of his Astros tenure was annoying. The scandal aside, he’s not the most likeable guy in the game, but he appears to have played his free agency very well. Acting as if he didn’t sign sooner because he wasn’t wanted is ridiculous. He didn’t sign sooner because he didn’t settle.
@66TheNumberOfTheBest
I’m in agreement with you. This article and the reports sound eerie. The only time I can remember anything similar was when Tommy Morrison had a fight cancelled on fight night as he was part of the feature duo fight night that was setting him up for a big payday against Mike Tyson. All of us older fans remember how that turned out once the results everyone was waiting for came back (which was a second test to confirm what was found in the first test).
I’m hoping this is nothing serious with Correa.
I’d suggest someone doesn’t like what they see on a lumbar spine MRI.
One MLB reporter says he’s been told by someone in the Giants org that it’s not back related, but they also weren’t told what it is.
Ok. Thankyou. Good news then….I think.
Slusser says she heard it wasn’t back related.
Farhan, you’d better start working on some trades.
How about Burnes, Adames, Yelich and cash for Luciano, Matos, Villar, Estrada, Gonzales, Cobb, Whisenhunt, Silva and Bednar?
..and a partridge in a pear tree!
Red Sox ready to offer him 5 years,95 mil.
“So you’re saying there’s a chance.”
They x-rayed his head and didn’t find anything.
Headed back to the Twins.
Future Padre.We need a Shortstop!
If I were a carpenter and you were a Padre…
Bring on the positive roids test! Lol
Having a trash can removed from his but.
It is San Francisco, so he definitely has the Crabs.
“don forget the cocktail sauce…crabs dear and I don’t mean Dungeness. “
Why don’t you morons post a relevant comment once in awhile?
Like yours??
Boras losing that commission makes me feel happy.
Priapism. Too much excitement over all that money…
Huh huh, huh huhh… you said priapism… ahhuh huh huh
Please check these advanced statistics or metrics or cybermetrics. Pay special attention to FIELDING.
Lateral Towards 3b and 1B.
OAA
Dansby Swanson: 21
Francisco Lindor: 13
Jeremy Pena: 7
Xander Bogaerts: 5
Carlos Correa: -3
baseballsavant.mlb.com
His right arm was found to be permanently raised to hit a trash can.
So the story here used a 60-game season as an example of his durability?
The IL for a finger bruise. That’s the current state of MLB. Would Cal Ripken Jr. go on the IL for a bruise on his finger? How about Derek Jeter or let’s say a Robin Yount or Mike Schmidt?
As a longtime Astros fan, I’d bet it’s his back. He’s always had to do extra work and rest to keep it from locking up. I’d guess he has a degenerative disc or two in his lower back. Remember the time his ribs were broken from a “massage” as well. He’s gimpy and the Astros knew it and no interest in going past a 5 years on a contract with him.
You would think that the physical would come before the negotiations. Someone will have to evaluate how many functional years he has left, based on the current rate of degeneration, even if that’s not the issue related to finalizing the contract, but it most likely will be a future issue, baseball or not.
Maybe the Giants realized that since the SF area has people and businesses leaving in droves, it would be a short time before CCs contract was impossible to pay.
Lrtexasman – I’m thinking you’re probably right. Short term contracts, I’d guess they’re thinking it’s manageable. 13 years is a long time and degenerative back issues will make themselves known sooner or later.
Don’t worry Giants, just take that freed up $350mil and turn it into
Gary Sanchez
Miguel Sano
Didi Gregorius
Evan Longoria (welcome back)
Adam Duvall
Lorenzo Cain
Dylan Bundy
Chris Archer
Craig Kimbrel
Problem solved with a little $ left to spare!
What problem?
Is Didi Gregorius still planning to play in 2023?
While your at it LordD find out about Simba & that crazy little goose Greinke please.
Every single one of those guys weakens their roster with the possible exception of Longo.
I suspect that an MRI revealed a degenerative back (disc) issue, given his medical history. Whether or not that’s the case, we’re going to see a lot more of that sort of injury with the demise of the contact hitter. Even if that’s not the current issue for Correa, it most likely would be in 13 yrs. Look at the swing videos of the vast majority of hitters; the human back can tolerate only so much torque and twisting.
A knock against him is that he is injury prone! What about being a cheater and liar, and players not wanting his toxicity in the locker room?
Never heard one bad thing about him in the clubhouse and neither have you.
Nobody has ever complained about him in the locker room. Take your Astros hater glasses off. Correa’s former teammates routinely rave about him. You can call him a cheater, but not sure where the “liar” part is coming from. He’s never shied away from the scandal. All he’s done is call out the dumbasses that run their mouths without knowing the facts. One of whom has now been confirmed to be a cheater himself and another who hasn’t hit his weight since MLB came down on sign stealing.
reports coming in that he tested positive for being overrated.
The curse of Jayce Tingler…
Maybe they realized he’s only worth 225 not 340. Renegotiation time.
Shoulder.
Carlos Karma-ya.
How so? Still got a $300 million contract from a better team. They should be rewarded for taking the fall for the league.
He’s pregnant
It’s ridiculous and premature for anyone to be drawing conclusions from this. Perhaps Correa’s fine. Everyone should just wait for further and more-definitive information to be released. MSN is actually using a sensationalistic headline that reads “MLB world reacts to horrible Carlos Correa news”. Horrible news? More like horrible news reporting. The MSN story, which contains no more specifics than any other story about this, even goes on to say “…Correa … will have to go back to the drawing board either with the Giants or another potential suitor in free agency.” Not necessarily. Ideally, it’s much ado about nothing.
Brad, we’ll try and stop now. Scouts honor! We obviously can’t help ourselves. We are innocent <3
I just arrived. Do I have to abide?!
LordD, no you get 2-3 freebies before we gotta shut ya down. Choose wisely!
Trumbull, it’s getting late, so the thread is safe!
We now have as definitive of information as we can have. 3 Bay Area beat writers for the Giants have now said that their sources say that the Giants excuse was an injury
Correa suffered in 2014.
The Twins, who have all the same medical reports, signed him to a 3 year deal, and offered 10/285 after the Giants backed out had no problem with that injury.
Obviously the Mets didn’t either.
In the spirit of former Astros great Kaz Matsui, I’m going to guess that it’s anal fissures…
You play all the hits.
Pretty much the same thing happened to me once when I went in to see the doctor for what was going to be a routine check-up, and it ended up that I left my heart in San Francisco.
Hopefully the giants back of the deal . I would not even give Carlos Correa 10 ten 200 million if I was the GM
. Hes not a franchise player . No one is a Correa fan
I’m a Correa fan. He’s one of the best shortstops in the league. You are a clown if you don’t think he is.
He’ll fit right in with the SanFran crowd of weirdos and drug addicts. They could have done worse I guess and signed Javier Baez, possibly the worst hitter I’ve ever seen in MLB.
You should write Christmas cards lol
Colavito, you’ve just never seen the legend they call Jeff Mathis…
Please update your comment, Colavito, for the Mets.
Cohen wants a ring so bad he’d sign Anthony Fauci to close games if the little Mengele wanted a new career. How does Boras sleep at night?
This is one of the comment sections of all time.
True. It has everything, yet nothing.
Really? Missing 14 games in your most durable full season (your best by THIRTY EIGHT GAMES since 2016), then missing another 26 in your walk year moves you past your ‘injury-prone label’?
Sarcasm, MLBTR?
Everyone in San Francisco tests positive for something anyway so what’s the problem?
Did someone say…
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‘ringworm’?
Mets just signed Correa, the second worst signing I’ve ever seen. The first worst signing I’ve seen was when the Giants signed him. Complete waste of money
Mets now have an unbelievable starting line up.. No need to look for a RH DH. Plenty of options now:
Would like to see the C improved, but so long as the backstop plays solid defense the bat won’t matter much.
And now hes a met. HOLY SHNIKES!
Holy sh!!!ttt you are serious!
I woke up sensing a disturbance in the force.
Yep. Mets have a new Sith Apprentice @ 3B!
WHAT WHAT WHAT
Tío Steve with the strong arm
*Casts suspicious eye upon ominous looking cloud*
If AJ Preller was involved, he would have signed him even if amputation was eminent.
Good for the Giants on avoiding a likely serious long-term problem.
Ur math is awful here. 90% over 293 is over 70+ million already.
The Mets payroll tax is closer to $100million. Ur off by about $75m
Def changes the situation here. That’s a lot of dough
Well, that Dr. is fired. And, the owner got cold feet. Unless a player is from the left coast, SF already had trouble in the FA market. Now this
Front page on the Chronical Green this morning about how smart the Giants management are because they sign Correa. Brutal. Say goodbye to 2023 ticket sales….
Waste of money. Better spent on other needs. I hope one day we learn what the red flag on the medical evaluation was.
Ownership prioritizes real estate and giving money to goons like Trump, Boebert, and Marge Trailer Trash Over putting future Hall of Famers on their roster. We’re screwed in the Bay Area baseball wise. Pathetic and disgusting
According to Alex Pavlovic there have already been two lawsuits filed in SF by people that bought season tickets after seeing ads from the team utilizing Correa’s image. I don’t think they will be the last.
It just keeps getting worse for the Giants.