Just before he was scheduled to be introduced in San Francisco, Carlos Correa's free agency took a turn -- that ended with him joining the New York Mets.
Correa had "agreed to terms" with the Giants. What does that phrase actually mean in free agency?
When a player and team agree to terms, they strike a deal on contract details: years, dollars, performance bonuses, opt-outs, no-trade clauses and other financial levers. A team sends a term sheet to a player, and the player signs it. But that agreed-upon contract is not official until a player passes a medical examination, which includes an MRI, blood work and other general health tests.
What's obvious is that the Giants' concerns were serious enough that Correa and his agent, Scott Boras, worried the deal with San Francisco was in peril, and the negotiations with the Mets resumed Tuesday and accelerated rapidly.The specific nature of the Giants' concerns with Correa is unclear. But with a deal as long and lucrative as the one to which he had agreed, any team approaches a physical with greater rigor.
As for the Mets: Every team has different thresholds for giving a thumbs-up on players' medicals. But, after the events of the past 24 hours, it's extremely unlikely that Correa would come to terms with the Mets without the team indicating that it expected to pass him and make the deal official.Differences of opinions on medical information aren't infrequent, but they tend to be more with draft-eligible players.
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