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BIZARRE: 9 - What They Never Told You

When the Giants hesitated to close the Carlos Correa deal, agent Scott Boras called the Mets

New York had expressed interest while Boras had been negotiating with the Giants. He contacted Mets owner Steve Cohen. “Welcome to Correa-mas. This is your lucky day,” Boras recalled telling Cohen.

Chicago Sun-Times · Dec 22, 2022

‘No collusion’ in free agency says MLB exec before proceeding to describe textbook collusion

Watching billionaires lose their minds is a sport in itself

USA Today Sports Media Group · Dec 22, 2022

Merry Correa-Mas, Mets: Scott Boras Is Not Worried About Carlos Correa's Health

As the star of free agency undergoes his physical exam in New York, his agent is confident health will not be a problem this time around.

Sports Illustrated · Dec 22, 2022

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Jorge Castillo: Carlos Correa spurned Giants for Mets. Why that's still bad news for Dodgers.

LOS ANGELES — On Tuesday, as word spread that the San Francisco Giants had postponed Carlos Correa's introductory news conference because of an issue with his medical records, I joked with a group of friends that the Dodgers would swoop in and sign Correa to a three-year contract with opt-outs.

Los Angeles Times · Dec 22, 2022

Bill Madden: Steve Cohen’s Carlos Correa deal is just plain reckless for the Mets

NEW YORK — By bringing in Derek Jeter for the occasion of naming Aaron Judge as their 16th team captain, the Yankees Wednesday did their best to blunt the hysteria reigning over in Queens with Steve Cohen’s stunning 3 a.m., $315 million pilfering of Carlos Correa from the Giants.

Tribune News Service · Dec 22, 2022

Bill Shaikin: Carlos Correa is a Met, and risk management is for every other team

LOS ANGELES — There is nothing stopping a team from signing a player with a medical issue. There is nothing stopping Steve Cohen, the owner of the New York Mets.

Los Angeles Times · Dec 22, 2022

Steve Cohen, Mets jump in and grab Carlos Correa after deal with Giants falls apart

NEW YORK — The old Mets fired managers in the middle of the night. The new Mets sign All-Stars in the middle of the night.

Tribune News Service · Dec 21, 2022

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Inside Carlos Correa’s Chaotic Flip From the Giants to the Mets

What happened will go down as the biggest undoing of a contract agreement in MLB history.

Sports Illustrated · Dec 21, 2022

Mets’ Steve Cohen Explains How Correa Deal Materialized

New York continues to spend record money this offseason.

Sports Illustrated · Dec 21, 2022

Mets Owner Steve Cohen Is Embarrassing His Peers. And It’s Awesome.

The Mets swooped in and signed Carlos Correa after his deal with the Giants fell apart.

Sports Illustrated · Dec 21, 2022

SI:AM | Carlos Correa Shockingly Changes Course

After the deal fell through with the Giants, he’s going to the Mets.

Sports Illustrated · Dec 21, 2022

Carlos Correa, Mets agree to $315 million, 12-year contract as Giants deal falls apart

Correa’s pending contract with San Francisco came apart over an issue with his physical.

Chicago Sun-Times · Dec 21, 2022

After Mets’ reported Carlos Correa signing, here’s how much owner Steve Cohen could pay in luxury tax

It's A LOT.

USA Today Sports Media Group · Dec 21, 2022

Carlos Correa … a Met? It’s a weird, unreal time to be a Mets fan right now

Life for a Mets fan is like being in Bizzaro World

USA Today Sports Media Group · Dec 21, 2022

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Sports Illustrated · Dec 19, 2022

Why the Dodgers Are Mostly Sitting Out the Free Agent Frenzy

The superteam with seemingly infinite resources has been noticeably absent from the hottest market in years. What gives?

Tribune News Service · Dec 18, 2022

Bill Madden: Mets, Yankees spreading holiday joy in Big Apple with free-spending offseason

NEW YORK — When the dust began settling on what had been the wildest two weeks of spending in baseball history, Steve Cohen had emerged with a payroll of over $340 million and Hal Steinbrenner had shelled out $522 million on two players alone in Aaron Judge and Carlos Rodon.

Tribune News Service · Dec 18, 2022

Larry Stone: Mariners sat out MLB's free-agent frenzy, and now must deal with fallout

SEATTLE — Way back in 1990, San Francisco Giants general manager Al Rosen raged that MLB was headed for "Armageddon" based on the outrageous free-agent contracts being handed out. What really piqued Rosen's ire was the four-year, $10 million contract given to middling left-handed pitcher Bud Black (given to him…

Chicago Sun-Times · Dec 14, 2022

Mets are expected to shatter records with $350 million payroll

The club is expected to owe $80 million in luxury tax.

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Sports Illustrated · Dec 14, 2022

What We’re Hearing After the Carlos Correa Signing

Here’s what his deal with the Giants means for Dansby Swanson and MLB free agency.

Daily Mirror · Dec 12, 2022

New York Yankees tipped to trade for Fernando Tatis Jr in New York Mets retaliation

Fernando Tatis Jr has been named as a surprise star linked with a trade to New York Yankees, with the franchise looking to match the wealthy New York Mets in the market

Tribune News Service · Dec 11, 2022

Bill Madden: It’s contract madness from MLB owners at winter meetings in ‘age of irrationality’

NEW YORK — Sometime around the midpoint of the baseball owners’ nearly two billion dollar spending spree at the winter meetings in San Diego this week, Billy Eppler got off the phone in the Mets war room and announced to his troops that the earth had just shifted.

Tribune News Service · Dec 9, 2022

Mets continue expanding payroll after signing Brandon Nimmo, David Robertson

NEW YORK — The Mets blew past the luxury tax benchmark with their splashy winter meetings acquisitions and general manager Billy Eppler promised even more talent. One day after the meetings wrapped up, the club made good on that promise by re-signing outfielder Brandon Nimmo to an eight-year, $162 million…

Daily Mirror · Dec 7, 2022

New York Yankees slammed as "just another team" in brutal rant after Aaron Judge signing

The New York Yankees pulled off the blockbuster move of MLB free agency so far by securing the signing of Aaron Judge on a nine-year contract after the outfielder hit free agency

Sports Illustrated · Dec 2, 2022

The Best Plan B’s If Aaron Judge Signs Elsewhere

Here are the best fallback options for the AL MVP’s top suitors.

Zenger · Nov 22, 2022

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