UNA NUEVA PIEZA SE UNE A LOS METS / A NEW PIECE JOINS THE METS

The New York Mets team has not been very happy with what happened last season, in general terms in terms of the regular season, they did not meet the goal of coming first in their division, but if we do not analyze in detail the campaign as such, it was very good, winning 101 games is extraordinary, in a long and very disputed schedule of 162 dates, but in the same sector they had the Atlanta Braves, who won the same 101 games, which is the reason for that second place in the division, in a millimetric way, which cost them to play more games and to be eliminated in the wild card games.

AL MEJOR ESTILO YANKEE / YANKEE STYLE

The idea of achieving the championship in this new year of 2023 seems to be serious, based on what they already have, or what they managed to structure as a team last season, for this new beginning, the Metropolitans have brought a series of players that make them a truly competitive team, and from now on, they are profiled as the main candidates for the National League title, this is only on paper, because after what happened last season, anything can happen, now is the year of the Mets.?

To do all this requires a lot of money, but it seems that this is not a problem for the top metropolitan management, they have invested thousands of dollars since 2 seasons ago and this 2023 season will not be the exception, but? In some cases it would be worth it, there are players like Francisco Lindor, who are complete and cover a lot in the field, but for my taste it is too much to spend 100,200 to 300 million dollars for a single player, knowing that you can invest this in several pieces for your team, and cover several needs, but the market for some time now has been very aggressive, where agents and players ask for exorbitant amounts, which some teams have come out to pay them, making this a very normal practice.

Having everything in your favor to make hires is very simple, and can even be very safe, because you will feel comfortable to choose and pay whatever it takes to bring that player to your team, we can see how the Mets management brought Justin Verlander, Carlos Quintana and they even had the luxury of raiding the Asian market to hire one of the best pitchers in Japan, Kodai Senga, who until recently was still in the local league, to armor the pitching staff of New York to face the upcoming season, but what if I tell you that they have unwrapped a little more than 300 million dollars for Carlos Correa.?

Algo muy inesperado ha sucedido con la súper estrella Puertorriqueña Carlos Correa, y si se quiere de locura, la temporada pasada firma con los Mellizos un contrato multi-anual, pero para esta temporada se declara agente libre, con la libertad de elegir a donde irse, algo que ya tenía estipulado con los de Minnesota, pero resulta algo extraño, debido a que si tu firmas por varias temporadas, es porque quieres estar ahí mucho tiempo, llega a los Gigantes de San Francisco bajo una jugosa cantidad de dinero, y en un abrir y cerrar de ojos lo acordado con los Gigantes se derrumba, para que entre en la escena los Mets, quedándose con el jugador boricua por los ya mencionados 300 millones de dólares.

Something very unexpected has happened with the Puerto Rican superstar Carlos Correa, and if you want crazy, last season he signs with the Twins a multi-year contract, but for this season he declares himself a free agent, with the freedom to choose where to go, something that was already stipulated with Minnesota, but it is something strange, because if you sign for several seasons, it is because you want to be there for a long time, comes to the San Francisco Giants under a juicy amount of money, and in the blink of an eye the agreement with the Giants collapses, so that enters the scene the Mets, staying with the Puerto Rican player for the aforementioned 300 million dollars.

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_{Carlos Correa slides into third base Source}

The best part was undoubtedly taken by the Mets, being the third team involved in this operation, but at what cost? While we know the value of the total transaction was $312 million, with reference to the $360 million that the San Francisco team was about to pay, the Mets got the services of Correa to add more weight to their lineup and their defensive cadre, The Mets are completing one of the busiest and most productive free agency markets in their history, but taking a bit of a risk, taking someone who had already been discarded, for reasons of high weight, assuming the responsibility and firmly believing in how much he can help the team in the 2023 season.

The vast majority knows the value and what Correa is capable of doing in the field, skilled player with a respectable bat that is capable of connecting more than 20 homers per season and drive about 80 or 100 per season, was world champion in 2017 with the Houston Astros, and with a defensive talent that would not go amiss in New York, already knowing those of his teammate and shortstop player Francisco Lindor, thus joining to form a pair of shortstop and third base that will undoubtedly give much to talk about now in the National League.

VENTAJAS Y DESVENTAJAS / ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES