What Is Going On With Carlos Correa and the Mets?

What have the Giants said?

The Giants, who offered Correa what would have been the second-largest deal of this off-season, had scheduled a news conference for Dec. 20 to introduce Correa to reporters. But it was canceled that day, leading to speculation that something on his physical examination worried them.

Overnight, the Mets news was reported, and Scott Boras, Correa’s agent, brushed off any suggestion that there were issues with Correa’s health, telling The New York Times that “medical opinions are just what they are — opinions.”

The Giants made an unusual move by issuing a statement about a deal that fell apart.

“While we are prohibited from disclosing confidential medical information, as Scott Boras stated publicly, there was a difference of opinion over the results of Carlos’s physical examination,” said the statement, which was attributed to Farhan Zaidi, the team’s president for baseball operations. “We wish Carlos the best.”

Zaidi later addressed the issue further in a conference call with beat reporters, taking issue with the idea that the team had blindsided Correa and Boras with their concerns.

What has Correa’s agent said?

Never shy, Boras was happy to talk to reporters once he found a landing spot for Correa after the problems with the Giants.

“He was readying himself for a new place in his life and then the delays occurred and you have to go through another transition,” Boras told The Times of Correa’s decision to move on from the Giants. “But he’s very happy to join the Mets.”

Article source: https://www.nytimes.com/article/carlos-correa-mets.html