Correra opting out, should the Angels be interested (or go after him)?

[Brandon]

Topic.

https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/34788732/carlos-correa-opting-twins-deal-become-free-agent

[ScruffytheJanitor]

10 minutes ago, Brandon said:

Topic.

https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/34788732/carlos-correa-opting-twins-deal-become-free-agent

I mean.... yeah? Of course we should be interested. We desperately need a cornerstone on the infield, and he's as good as any other option.

[Tank]

absolutely. we need a good SS, and one that can hit. i'd give him a very serious offer.

[Blarg]

Your kale, beet and baby corn salad isn't as popular as you think. 

[tdawg87]

Yes. 100%.

Fletcher needs to be batting bench depthth. He shouldn't be expected to start next year. He'll get plenty of reps as the utility IF anyways. 

[m0nkey]

Him or Turner, though Turner is going to Philly

[Chuck]

2 hours ago, m0nkey said:

Him or Turner, though Turner is going to Philly

What gives you the indication that he's going to Philly?

[m0nkey]

2 minutes ago, Chuckster70 said:

How gives you the indication that he's going to Philly?

Have seen the reports that he and his wife prefer to be out east, Stott wasn't that impressive in his rookie year, and I think Bryce recruits him to be his teammate again (if you value the former teammate angle). 

 

Plus it's a Dombrowski type move

[Lou]

6 minutes ago, Chuckster70 said:

How gives you the indication that he's going to Philly?

He wants to play with Marsh.

[Taylor]

36 minutes ago, Chuckster70 said:

How gives you the indication that he's going to Philly?

He has a dog named Paddy.

[Taylor]

Correa is an asterisk cheater, but at least he would be our asterisk cheater.

[tdawg87]

3 minutes ago, Taylor said:

Correa is an asterisk cheater, but at least he would be our asterisk cheater.

Ah fuck that reminds me of what people were saying when we signed CJ Wilson.

Gross. Now I don't want it.

[Tank]

1 hour ago, Blarg said:

Your kale, beet and baby corn salad isn't as popular as you think. 

[Tank]

50 minutes ago, Lou said:

He wants to play with Marsh.

wrong forum

[ten ocho recon scout]

Was assuming was going to.... and as much as I'm normally against something like this, I'm hoping the Angels are interested. 

[ArkyAngelsFan]

Shouldn't we just say no so we'll have enough money to sign Ohtani to a decent contact?

What say ye?

~ArkyAngelsFan~

[ten ocho recon scout]

It's crazy that he went to the Twins. From Houston. And he's Correa.

And Conger coached for the Twins. Was a Stro. And he's Korea(n).

Weird 

[Second Base]

Depends on the cost, and your expectation of Correa. He isn't a star, but he's solid. But personally, no. 

We have a lot of SS depth. If we want to improve the offense, I think that can be done economically at 1B and LF. 

[BTH]

Same answer as the Judge thread:

Should they be interested? Yes.

Will they? No.

[BTH]

2 hours ago, m0nkey said:

Have seen the reports that he and his wife prefer to be out east, Stott wasn't that impressive in his rookie year, and I think Bryce recruits him to be his teammate again (if you value the former teammate angle). 

 

Plus it's a Dombrowski type move

The Dombrowski move would be Bogaerts.

He had him in Boston and Bogaerts fits their MO of “rakes, but can’t play defense.”

[Stradling]

14 hours ago, Trendon said:

The Dombrowski move would be Bogaerts.

He had him in Boston and Bogaerts fits their MO of “rakes, but can’t play defense.”

I don’t think they purposely go after bad defensive players. I think they’d rather have complete players but they won’t pass up a good offensive player because of a defensive deficiency.  If they didn’t value defense they wouldn’t have traded for Marsh. 

[AngelsFaninGA]

No. The one upside of a potential transition offseason is that we won't spend our usual 150m+ on a free agent hitter that gets constantly injured and massively underperforms

[Angels 1961]

All the talk about big name players this off season. We all know until change of ownership very little will be done. I just hope team is not traded away to save money. Sandoval, Ward and Rengifo. Plus, Ohtani stays see if new owners can sign him. Sooner new owners in the better. LET'S GO PADRES

[failos]

Don’t get your hopes up

[OhtaniSan]

If Correa is willing to take another 3-4 year deal, then i absolutely think signing him would be the smart play. 

He's only 28, and is solid both defensively and offensively. A short term deal with high AAV seems the move most beneficial for the Angels, as they avoid a long term albatross contract. If he were to make the playoffs with the Angels, I'm sure the cheater narrative would fade away a bit more.