When the New York Mets made Juan Soto the highest-paid athlete in sports history, they depleted the New York Yankees’ offensive power, which will be impossible to restore. Soto’s 7.9 wins above replacement (WAR) ranked sixth in the Major Leagues. His.989 OPS (on base plus slugging percentage) ranked second. His 41 home runs ranked third.
So far, the Yankees’ attempt to compensate for Soto’s absence has been mediocre. Instead, the Yankees have mostly concentrated on improving their pitching staff. On the offensive side, their lone significant move this summer was their trade with the Chicago Cubs to get in outfielder/first baseman Cody Bellinger, who recorded a 2.2 WAR and.751 OPS with 18
The Cubs hit home runs last season. Not quite Soto-level production. In order to compensate for the loss of Soto’s offense and simply bring in another All-Star level player, a famous Yankees podcast now wants the organization to trade for a player who led the Major Leagues in WAR in his last fully healthy season. Yankees urged to target Twins’ shortstop. Carlos Correa
In 2021, Carlos Correa had a 7.2 ERA. However, on July 13, 2024, he was benched due to a heel injury, despite having one of the best seasons of his career, according to Twins Daily.
However, Correa’s experience was far worse.
Plantar fasciitis is a painful foot ailment.Correa returned on September 14 and played an additional 11 games, batting.325 with 13 hits in 40 at-bats. Fireside Yankees co-hosts Ryan Garcia and Alex Wilson last week urged the Yankees to acquire Correa from the Twins, citing his expected return to full health.
“We want Carlos Correa.” “If the Twins are at least listening to conversations, that means they’re not out of the running,” Garcia stated on a December 26 podcast. “This guy’s a monster in the playoffs, he’s a monster in the regular season.”
“You’ve punched your ticket to the World Series with a move like that,” he said. “That is a ‘American League, watch out. “You are on notice,” sort of move. If the Yankees sign Carlos Correa, they will have a well balanced lineup. They’d walk away as a better squad.”
In a post on their X (previously Twitter) account, they noted that “the financial hurdle and prospect haul could be a ton,” but they also stated that “this move would cement the Yankees as legitimate World Series contenders.”
Correa remains a villain in New York following the Astros scandal.
The Twins had a total payroll of $129,080,051 in 2024, ranking 19th in the MLB. Correa, who is only two years into a six-year, $200 million contract, has already consumed 26% of the compensation. Obviously, if the Twins want to keep their payroll low-to-midrange, cutting Correa’s compensation would be a top priority.
However, not all Yankee fans agreed that Correa should wear pinstripes. The main reason appears to be Correa’s suspected key role in the Houston Astros’ 2017 sign-stealing controversy, which occurred while he was a member of that organization. The Astros won the World Series after defeating the Yankees 4-3 in the American League Championship Series that same season. Yankee fans and some players continue to dislike this. “Correa isn’t just costly; he’s four years and $200 million expensive. That’s the kind of money you spend on an MVP bat, not a player who may spend his first month in pinstripes facing boos louder than the subway at rush hour,” according to the blog Bleeding Yankee Blue. “Sure, he’s talented, but we’ve got bigger fish to fry.”
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