As the 2022 season wound down, Carlos Correa addressed the media in the Twins’ clubhouse. The star shortstop had signed a three-year, $105 million deal with an opt-out after the first season, and reporters wanted to know what Minnesota could do to convince him to stick around.
“I go to the mall, and I go to the Dior store and I want something, I get it,” Correa said. “I ask how much it costs and I buy it. So if you really want something, you just go get it. I’m the product here, and if they want my product, they’ve gotta come get it.”
Across the country, Correa’s agent, Scott Boras, watched the video and all but rubbed his hands in glee. Forty-one days later, he too addressed the media, this time in a lobby outside a ballroom at the Conrad hotel in Las Vegas.
