The Minnesota Twins pulled off a mega-deal early Saturday morning, signing Carlos Correa to a three-year, $105.3 million contract. But Correa’s signing capped off a wild day for Twins fans.
It began when MLB Network insider Jon Heyman reported that Trevor Story had narrowed his search down to four teams. Although the Twins were a finalist, Heyman stated that Story was “committed to winning” and would consider a position switch to do so.
When Michael Pineda came off the board later in the night, it gave Twins fans a sense of deja vu.
Man. The Twins just completely whiffed on free agency. And it’s not clear they even tried to do anything really https://t.co/LYsmSf3ojb
— Nick Nelson (@NickNelsonMN) March 19, 2022
The Minnesota Twins are a dirtbag, scumbag, piece of shit organization. No player who wants to get paid his worth should want to sign with the Twins.
— JK (@jack_kinsman) March 18, 2022
While Twins fans went to bed angry, the front office kept working to get a deal done. When Mark Berman of FOX 26 broke the news at 12:41 a.m. CT, ESPN’s Jeff Passan confirmed it, prompting everyone to double-check their sources.
So help us @JeffPassan if you got hacked again. https://t.co/IhUxUgCTgp
— St. Paul Saints (@StPaulSaints) March 19, 2022
WAKE THE **** UP, Twins Territory!!! https://t.co/VF5Reyd5gd
— Cory Provus (@CoryProvus) March 19, 2022
Reality set in and Twins fans couldn’t believe that they had signed a former American League Rookie of the Year, two-time All-Star, and Gold Glove winner that had just finished in the top five of MVP voting.
this is like that time the twins signed tsuyoshi nishioka only better
— parker hageman (@HagemanParker) March 19, 2022
https://twitter.com/dbremer_pxp/status/1505149567800647682
They’re real excited about Correa in Dublin pic.twitter.com/9WQg9tuIGe
— John Bonnes (@TwinsGeek) March 19, 2022
Twins fans waking up to the Correa news pic.twitter.com/3bJD1Bn9jG
— Bring Me The Sports (@BMTNSports) March 19, 2022
Here's a fun one …
2012 MLB draft:
#1 pick — Carlos Correa
#2 pick — Byron Buxton— Aaron Gleeman (@AaronGleeman) March 19, 2022
The move was so shocking not even Correa’s future teammates could believe what happened.
Sonny Gray said he looked at his phone this morning and saw the notification that the #MNTwins had reportedly agreed to terms with Carlos Correa.
His thought: "Oh, that's us."
— Do-Hyoung Park (@dohyoungpark) March 19, 2022
The news got even better when they caught the reaction of New York Yankees fans. The Yankees were connected with Correa this offseason but came up empty after trading for Josh Donaldson and Isiah Kiner-Falefa last week.
With the Yankees taking on all $50 million remaining on Donaldson’s contract, the move may have helped the Twins sign Correa.
Let’s take a moment to acknowledge that Yankee fans desperately wanted Carlos Correa, but instead the Yankees made a trade that provided the Twins with the salary relief that they needed to sign Carlos Correa. God bless.
— Jared Carrabis (@Jared_Carrabis) March 19, 2022
Carlos Correa in Minnesota pic.twitter.com/wKHXmYuPz3
— Eric (@yonosehh) March 19, 2022
#Yankees fans: Sign Carlos Correa!
Brian Cashman: We’re broke. Too much money.
Fans: Spend money! Don’t be cheap!
Cashman: So what if we take on salary for the #MNTwins so they can sign Carlos Correa?
— Chris Dixon (@cdixon25) March 19, 2022
The Twins dumped 37 year old Josh Donaldson’s salary onto the Yankees and used that freed up money to sign Carlos Correa. I’ve been a longtime defender of Brian Cashman but he got absolutely outfoxed #Yankees #MLB https://t.co/0dOLUVOjpE
— Joe D (@Joey_Drago_) March 19, 2022
The Twins apparently went from “Isiah Kiner-Falefa will be fine at shortstop.” To “F*** it let’s get Carlos Correa.”
— Chris Schad (@TheRealCrishad) March 19, 2022
For now, Correa slides into a lineup that looks markedly better than it did a year ago. With the Twins still connected with Oakland Athletics’ pitcher Frankie Montas, there might be one more big move coming from the front office.
If we’ve learned anything from this, don’t (literally) sleep on the Twins.
