There’s still no guarantee, but the Carlos Correa-Mets deal, by all rights, should get done. And here’s why.
1. Mets owner Steve Cohen badly wanted to do the deal. Just after the deal was completed around 2:45 am. EST (and 8:45 in Hawaii, where Cohen was) he told The Post, “We needed one more thing, and this is it.” Though he hasn’t spoken since, there’s no reason to think he’s changed his mind.
2. Correa badly wants this deal to happen. When his agent Scott Boras told him about the deal with the Mets, Boras recalled that Correa was so excited he tackled him in the San Francisco hotel room where they’d learned several hours earlier that the Giants weren’t ready to move forward with their $350 million, 13-year agreement. Presumably, Correa was happy to have a new deal for comparable money per year, in New York, and with a team that won 20 more games in 2022.
Correa certainly doesn’t want to continue the drama by making a deal with a third team, though the incumbent Twins are a logical fallback. They offered about $285 million, and though they’d want a complete physical, too, they know his condition best. A few teams have been calling, but even a week after the Mets agreement, they are being told it’s only a Mets game — for now.
3. Cohen and Boras have grown close following the Max Scherzer and Brandon Nimmo deals, and neither party wants to affect that negatively via a blown-apart deal. GM Billy Eppler and Mets lawyers are dealing with Boras, but the relationship that’s key is Boras-Cohen. Neither side would relish losing that.
“I’d be surprised if he’s not [a Met],” one person close to the situation said.
It’s no sure thing. But it sure makes sense.
