A week ago, Carlos Correa was set to sign with the Giants on what would have been a record contract for a shortstop. On Wednesday morning, baseball fans woke up to the stunning news that he will, instead, join the Mets after some late-night negotiating by New York owner Steve Cohen.
San Francisco was set to introduce Correa as its huge offseason acquisition on Tuesday morning, but delayed the proceedings after concerns about his physical exam, according to a report by the Associated Press.
Overnight, Cohen—who is in Hawai’i—swooped in to negotiate a 12-year, $315 million deal with Correa’s agent Scott Boras.
