The highest free agent in the marketplace reportedly now has new representation. Star shortstop Carlos Correa has employed super-agent Scott Boras, according to ESPN’s Jeff Passan. The transfer comes whereas all major-league free agent motion is placed on maintain as the league and gamers proceed their negotiations for a new collective bargaining settlement.
Correa, 27, is a two-time All-Star who hit 26 house runs with 92 RBI final season. He is spent his complete profession with the Astros after being the primary general choose within the 2012 draft, and was the American League Rookie of the Yr in 2015. He earned his first Gold Glove in 2021 and completed fifth in AL MVP voting.
Correa’s former company, WME Sports activities, is owned by sports activities and leisure company Endeavor, which purchased nine minor league baseball teams in December. That transfer created some rigidity with the gamers affiliation, which warned WME Sports activities that it might be vulnerable to dropping its certification if it did not distance itself from Endeavor, according to Evan Drellich of The Athletic. Correa’s agent with WME Sports activities was Jon Rosen.
Boras is the game’s most distinguished agent, representing many big-name gamers all through the league, together with shortstop Corey Seager, who agreed to a 10-year, $325 million cope with the Rangers this offseason. Correa, who’s 5 months youthful than Seager and has an extended historical past of staying wholesome, may demand a fair greater deal as soon as free company restarts. He and Seager have been ranked No. 1 and No. 2 in Sports activities Illustrated‘s MLB free agent rankings at first of the offseason.
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