The New York Yankees proclaimed themselves as candidates to sign Carlos Correa by confirming that they would have a $ 300 million offer prepared for the MLB star shortstop, an amount well above that publicly offered by the Houston Astros.
Although adding Correa would be a great opportunity to consolidate in the playoffs and reach at least the World Series, the arrival of the Puerto Rican could bring both advantages and disadvantages to the most winning franchise in the Major Leagues, which we will list below.
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“Derek Jeter didn’t deserve any of the 5 Gold Gloves he won. Their careers saved for life were negative ”, declared Carlos Correa.#LaCasaDelRey
– PureBeisbol (@Beisbolpuro) November 13, 2021
Although Carlos Correa has shown defensive quality since his arrival in the majors in the 2015 season, it wasn’t until last season that he was able to win his first Gold Glove and Platinum Glove as a shortstop.
In his 7-year career as a player, Correa accumulates a total of 749 games in which he has barely committed 56 errors in 6,553.1 innings played for a fielding percentage of .981, according to statistics reflected on the specialized website Baseball Reference, among which stand out .993 in 2019 and .995 in 2020.
If Carlos Correa showed something with the Astros, it was his offensive quality and experience during the playoffs that he played with the team in which he participated in 16 series, including a World Series ring.
In a total of 79 games, Correa has a .272 average, 18 home runs and 59 RBIs. In addition, he has 16 doubles, 37 scored and an .849 OPS with a .505 slugging, adding that he starred in the hit that led his teammates to victory on more than one occasion. His best postseason performance was in 2020 during the Division Series against the Athletics, in which he hit .500 with 3 home runs and 11 RBIs.
Although adding Carlos Correa to the Yankees team would undoubtedly be a great success for the club, it should not be forgotten that the line-up made by manager Aaron Boone is full of right-handed hitters, among which stand out names of the stature of Aaron Judge, Giancarlo Stanton, DJ LeMahieu, Gleyber Torres, and Gio Urshela.
It would be both a fearsome and vulnerable lineup, as there is no hitter on the left-handed side of the plate who can offer balance and does not force opponents of the Yankees to strategize in certain game situations.
Yankees’ Hal Steinbrenner on Carlos Correa: NY Will ‘Look at Every Single Option’ https://t.co/vvn08DA9PV
– Héctor Gómez (@ hgomez27) November 17, 2021
If Carlos Correa will have to deal with something for the rest of his career, it will be with the scandal of the theft of signs that he was part of during the 2017 season in which he won the World Series with the Astros and which led to disciplinary measures by MLB.
In addition to that, it must be remembered that a few days ago he participated in a live broadcast with former player Carlos Baerga in which he criticized the defense of the former Yankees captain, Derek Jeter, saying that he did not deserve any of the five Golden Gloves. that he won in his career, thanks to his fame. Both points could represent a distraction for the club and constant attacks on him for a long time.
