And events conspired against him to deny his preferred big market-high profile destination. He will spend a year in Elba exile, Minnesota, then appeal to Boston or somesuch in 2023. The Yanks and Dodgers appear set at SS.
It is regrettable that Springer and Correa, two vocal leaders who could light a fire under this team, have no similar replacements in the field. Those are intangibles which represent a setback.
I think the last week’s relative optimism that Correa might return is what did me in. I accepted that he wasn’t coming back. I think the management should have accepted the offer and run it back, but I get the reasoning for not. The team has taken a clear step back, though.
Randy Johnson was a great trade. I honestly cnat remember the players involved now, but I think only one had a decent career after they left. Correct me if I’m wrong. Johnson was very up front about not wanting to sign a long term deal with us. He was incredible for the short time he was here. Always going to be a Johnson fan for that.
Johnson was traded for Freddy Garcia, Carlos Guillen, and John Halama. Garcia and Guillen both went on to long, solid MLB careers. It was still a good trade.
I’ll miss Correa overall, especially those laser beams to first, but I also sort of blame him, more than others, for the garbage can banging going on as long as it did.