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AP source: Correa reaches $200M, 6-year deal with Twins

By RONALD BLUM the player’s 2014 surgery to
AP Baseball Writer repair a broken right tibia
Carlos Correa reversed should not have been an is-
course for a second time, sue. Dr. Kevin Varner, chair-
agreeing Tuesday to a man of the Department of
$200 million, six-year con- Orthopedics at Houston
tract that keeps him with Methodist Hospital, oper-
the Minnesota Twins after ated on Correa.
failing to complete deals Correa, the first overall pick
with the New York Mets in the 2012 amateur draft
and San Francisco Giants, and the 2015 AL Rookie of
a person familiar with the the Year with Houston, has
negotiations told The Asso- a .279 batting average
ciated Press. with 155 homers and 553
The agreement for the All- RBIs in eight major league
Star shortstop could be seasons. He also has been
worth $270 million over 10 a stellar postseason per-
seasons if Correa remains former, with 18 homers and
healthy. The contract is sub- 59 RBIs in 79 games.
ject to a successful physi- The two-time All-Star and
cal, the person said, speak- 2021 Gold Glove winner
ing to the AP on condition raved about his time with
of anonymity because the Minnesota and how much
agreement was not an- Minnesota Twins’ Carlos Correa reacts while batting during the first inning of a baseball game he and his family enjoyed
nounced. Correa was in against the Chicago White Sox, Thursday, Sept. 29, 2022, in Minneapolis. the community, maintain-
the Minneapolis area on Associated Press ing all along the Twins were
Tuesday for the physical, in the mix even with the big-
the person said. attempting to negotiate appearances in the previ- ment, the average annual ger spenders pursuing him
Correa agreed Dec. 13 to protections. ous season. The deal could value increased from $26.9 in a particularly lucrative
a $350 million, 13-year con- His Twins agreement calls be worth $225 million over million with San Francisco offseason for shortstops.
tract with the Giants, who for an $8 million signing seven seasons, $245 million to $33.3 million with Minne- Xander Boegarts, Trea Turn-
scheduled a news con- bonus, half payable next over eight years and $260 sota. New York’s deal origi- er and Dansby Swanson all
ference a week later to month and half in February million over nine seasons. nally would have guaran- struck it rich, too.
announce the deal, then 2024, and salaries of $32 Correa’s options also could teed $210 million in the first Minnesota made no secret
called off the announce- million in each of the first be triggered by a top-five eight seasons. of a strong desire to offer a
ment hours before it was two seasons, $36 million in finish in MVP voting, a Silver Correa left Houston and contract like no other in the
set to begin over concerns 2025, $31.5 million in 2026, Slugger award or World Se- joined the Twins last off- history of the midmarket
with a right ankle injury Cor- $30.5 million in 2027 and ries or League Champion- season for a $105.3 million, franchise, with a $184 mil-
rea sustained in 2014. $30 million in 2028. ship Series MVP. three-year deal that in- lion, eight-year deal to ex-
Correa agreed that night Minnesota’s deal includes After the physical, the Mets cluded opt-outs after each tend catcher Joe Mauer in
to a $315 million, 12-year options for $25 million in were willing to guarantee season. He pulled out of 2010 the previous record for
deal with the Mets, who 2029, $20 million in 2030, $157.5 million over six sea- the deal after making $35.1 amount and length. Twins
also had concerns about $15 million in 2031 and $10 sons, the person said. million in 2022 to chase a players who were close to
the ankle after a Dec. 22 million in 2032, each be- While the guaranteed longer-term contract. Correa kept in touch with
physical and held off final- coming guaranteed if Cor- money kept decreasing Correa’s agent, Scott Bo- the native of Puerto Rico,
izing the agreement while rea has 502 or more plate in each successive agree- ras, maintained last month lobbying him to return. q

Lucky loser Amanda Anisimova wins 1st round in Adelaide

ADELAIDE, Australia (AP) — tournament. first match of the year. Paul
American Amanda Anisi- The 21-year-old won only reached the quarterfinals
mova made the best of her three games before los- of both Adelaide tourna-
lucky loser ticket by beat- ing to fourth-seeded Ve- ments last year.
ing Russian Liudmila Sam- ronika Kudermetova in the “First match of the season
sonova 7-5, 6-3 on Tuesday first round at Adelaide last is always a little tough and
in the first round of the Ade- week, meaning she had to everyone has nerves going
laide International to claim qualify for the main draw into the first match,” Paul
her first win in the main this week. said. “So I was happy to go
draw of a WTA tournament On Tuesday She took ad- out and play the way that
since August. vantage of Samsonova’s I did. I didn’t really do too
Anisimova reached the shaky serve who had seven much wrong and I served
quarterfinals at Wimbledon double faults she was bro- well.”
last year and is a former ken five times to advance Barbora Krejcikova car-
French Open semifinalist, to the second round where ried over her strong finish to
ranked No. 29. she will face Beatriz Had- 2022 by beating last year’s
But she had to make her dad Maia. finalist Alison Riske-Amritraj Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus gestures as she was posing for a
way through qualifying On the men’s side, Ameri- 6-2, 7-6 (3). Krejcikova won photo after she defeated Linda Noskova of the Czech Republic
and a lucky loser second can Tommy Paul beat two titles and nine of her in the women’s final at the Adelaide International tennis
chance to reach the sec- Australian Christopher last 10 singles matches in tournament in Adelaide, Australia, Sunday, Jan. 8, 2023.
Associated Press
ond round of the Adelaide O’Connell 6-4, 7-5 in Paul’s 2022.q