SF Giants knew they dodged a bullet long before Carlos Correa's major injury

Houston Astros infielder Carlos Correa, who will always be connected to the SF Giants after agreeing to a massive 13-year $350 million deal only to see that deal ripped up due concerns over his ankle that were raised during his physical, will have to undergo surgery on his ankle and will be out for the rest of the season.

Ironically, he needs surgery on his left ankle for a torn tendon which is not the ankle the Giants had concerns about. San Francisco wasn’t the only team worried about it. After Correa’s deal with the Giants fell apart, the New York Mets agreed to a deal worth north of $300 million only for that deal to fall apart as well due to concerns about the ankle.

He ended up signing with the Minnesota Twins on a six-year $200 million deal. He was traded back to the Houston Astros, the team that drafted him, last season.

Obviously no one cheers for an injury and it is super unfortunate that Correa is done for the season. Some might feel the Giants and Mets are vindicated by this news, but even before this injury the Giants already had to know they dodged a major bullet.

Giants had to feel lucky they got out of the Correa deal even before the injury

That $350 million deal they agreed to was always insane. Correa is a really good player but he’s not worth anywhere near that kind of money. You think the Rafael Devers contract is bad? It most assuredly is, but imagine paying Carlos Correa that much money until 2035. That would have been patently delusional even if he didn’t have a history of injuries throughout his career.

The Giants only agreed to that Correa deal in the first place because of the embarrassment of the whole Aaron Judge saga. After Judge used the Giants to milk more money out of the New York Yankees the Giants were desperate to land someone, literally anyone, to prove that they could lure a star to San Francisco.

They were wise to avoid Correa who has been fine but far from superstar-contract worthy since then. Since 2023, which would have been his first year with the Giants if they signed that contract, he’s been an All-Star once and hit .267/.341/.427 with 48 home runs and 187 runs batted in. Those are perfectly respectable numbers, but they’re not worth $350 million especially since they probably would have been lower if he played half his games at Oracle Park.

While the Giants dodged the Correa bullet, it now seems like they were hit by three bullets in Matt Chapman, Willy Adames, and Rafael Devers. The Giants are on the hook for so much money with those guys and they have not played like stars this season at all which is a big reason why the team has been awful.

San Francisco should be thankful that Correa isn’t a Giant, but in a way that deal not working out may have led to more mistakes later on by committing money to guys who currently look like they were not worth it. 

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