Twins shortstop Carlos Correa emerged as an unexpected trade candidate ahead of Thursday\u2019s MLB trade deadline. <\/p>\n
The Houston Astros had discussions about trying to trade for Correa, their shortstop for seven seasons before he signed with the Twins as a free agent twice, the Minnesota Star Tribune learned. <\/p>\n
It\u2019s unclear if trade talks involving Correa have progressed \u2014 the trade deadline is 5 p.m. Thursday \u2014 but the three-time All-Star\u2019s contract contains a no-trade clause. Correa is making $36 million this year, and he is owed $92 million over the next three seasons. <\/p>\n
He was not in the Twins lineup Wednesday for their game against the Red Sox at Target Field after leaving Tuesday night\u2019s game because of what manager Rocco Baldelli called a migraine.<\/p>\n
When Correa\u2019s name surfaced in trade speculation last offseason, he responded that his full no-trade clause gave him peace of mind. \u201cLet me tell you something: I love Minnesota, and I love the fishing here.\u201d <\/p>\n
Astros third baseman Isaac Paredes is sidelined with hamstring injury that is \u201ca little bit more severe than we had projected,\u201d general manager Dana Brown said Sunday, and shortstop Jeremy Pe\u00f1a is on the injured list with fractured rib. USA Today reported Paredes could miss the rest of the season, and they\u2019re considering Arizona\u2019s Eugenio Su\u00e1rez and St. Louis\u2019 Nolan Arenado, along with Correa, to boost their infield. <\/p>\n
The Astros nearly acquired Arenado in December, but Arenado blocked a deal with his no-trade clause. Houston, at the time, was reportedly willing to pick up $45 million of the $60 million Arenado was owed over the last three years of his contract. <\/p>\n
The Twins would almost surely be required to pick up some of Correa\u2019s remaining salary to facilitate a trade. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Twins shortstop Carlos Correa emerged as an unexpected trade candidate ahead of Thursday\u2019s MLB trade deadline. The Houston…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":34550,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[435],"tags":[49,48,462,82],"class_list":["post-34549","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mlb","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-mlb","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34549","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34549"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34549\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34550"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34549"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34549"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34549"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}