My copium (if this falls through) is that years 8-13 would be miserable and we’re still nowhere near LA and SD while he’s in his prime, so who cares.
I’d honestly rather go full blown rebuild while those two own the division by such an insurmountable margin.
I’m thinking cold feet. Minnesota was offering 10 years. They know his medicals. Mets swooped In in less than 24 hours. I think Correa wasn’t really who the Giants wanted from the outset and I suspect Farhan and others felt they made a desperation move and wanted out.
100% this
They’re gonna spin it like “WE TRIED TO SPEND MONEY SUPPORT US!”
And next season will be the exact same thing with Ohtani (he’s already a Dodger) and Soto the following year.
Farhan sucks. Ownership sucks. This franchise is a dumpster fire who will forever lean on the even year magic and that one season they won 107 (before losing to LA)
Thing is, Farhan is an elite GM. His talent evaluation and ability to find supremely undervalued players has long been proven with the Dodgers and with us. The one knock with the Giants is he hasn't spent money.
Still, this is the type of fiasco you lose your job over. Maybe he doesn't get fired right away, but if (when) the Giants are bad this year, he's likely out next off-season. You just can't have an elite franchise player signed on the dotted line, lose him because of "medicals" and then go watch him sign another $300+mil contract within 24 hours. Just utter nonsense.
Luciano is a few years away……and you have to assume he can stay at SS. Asking the fan base to be reasonable on this one probably isn’t going to happen. The only thing Farhan can do is piece it together with a platoon system, which works, and hope…..it actually works like 2 years ago. Still missing the big middle of the order bat, bullpen is not improved from last year.We all know offering Correa 13 years was going to be painful for the second half of the deal. He's not Aaron Judge -- he plays a premium defensive position where age-related decline is likely, he's a good hitter not an elite one, and health has been an issue throughout his career already. I wouldn't judge the Giants too harshly for backing out until we see how Correa performs in New York. I'm thinking he has 2 or 3 All-Star years in him before beginning the slide into being one of the worst value players in the league -- but then the Mets apparently are spending a half billion dollars in salary for one season at this point when you add in the luxury tax bill so lighting money on fire isn't a problem for them.
13 years is a long time. Maybe right now it's disappointing to miss out on an All-Star shortstop but they can offer that contract to someone else over the next few years instead (Ohtani?) and keep the SS position open for Luciano. Adding Judge would have been nice but the Yankees bid more. And if you can't get an elite hitter for your money, you're better off investing in pitching.
We all know offering Correa 13 years was going to be painful for the second half of the deal. He's not Aaron Judge -- he plays a premium defensive position where age-related decline is likely, he's a good hitter not an elite one, and health has been an issue throughout his career already. I wouldn't judge the Giants too harshly for backing out until we see how Correa performs in New York. I'm thinking he has 2 or 3 All-Star years in him before beginning the slide into being one of the worst value players in the league -- but then the Mets apparently are spending a half billion dollars in salary for one season at this point when you add in the luxury tax bill so lighting money on fire isn't a problem for them.
13 years is a long time. Maybe right now it's disappointing to miss out on an All-Star shortstop but they can offer that contract to someone else over the next few years instead (Ohtani?) and keep the SS position open for Luciano. Adding Judge would have been nice but the Yankees bid more. And if you can't get an elite hitter for your money, you're better off investing in pitching.
I'm just saying that you'll probably be happy Correa isn't signed for 10 more years three years from now. He isn't in the echelon of players you can afford to mortgage your entire future on. Maybe you're right about Ohtani, but if he wanted to be a Mariner or a Dodger he would have been already -- he deliberately avoided both of those franchises when he signed his first contract because he didn't want to compete with their history of past Japanese players. And now the NL has a DH so he can play for SF and still get the same number of at-bats he gets in Anaheim. Oakland is not interested in being competitive for awhile so his only choices if he stays on the west coast and doesn't want to go to LA or Seattle are SF and SD. That should be an easy signing for the Giants if they care enough to try.