Superstar shortstop Carlos Correa has no ill will after agreeing to a record $865 million in contracts a winter ago (including $665 million in deals that were canceled due to a decade-old ankle injury) and a 2023 season in which plantar fasciitis in the other foot limited his extraordinary talent but didn’t stop him from having a thrilling postseason run to begin his $200 million Twins contract.
Never will, he declared, nor have I.
“I’m just a regular man. I’m a laid-back guy,” Correa said on Saturday to The Post. “I’m not resentful. It’s just the way the sport is. That’s just how business works. You must go on. You cannot allow that to overcome you.
Now that I have two children, I need to lead by example. I’m quite content with the life that
Correa fails to consider the first $350 million, 13-year Giants agreement that was canceled, nor the subsequent $315 million, 12-year, middle-of-the-night Mets deal that was canceled, both of which were meant to address two very apparent Amazin’ problems (third base and Pete Alonso’s lineup protection). Correa doesn’t think about the possibilities.
Knowing me will tell you that I put my faith in God and pay attention to what I can control. I approached the whole thing that way,” Correa remarked. “Eventually, it became beyond my control, and all of my achievements and the numbers I put up became meaningless.” It was only related to the one injury I sustained in 2014, which hasn’t bothered me since.
