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Carlos Correa chose short-term gain and flexibility in his next contract.

The free-agent shortstop agreed to a contract with the Twins early Saturday, The Associated Press and Houston TV sports anchor Mark Berman reported. The deal is pending a physical.

Correa and his reps had been negotiating a return to the Astros, with team owner Jim Crane getting involved in the talks.

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Correa's time in the Twin Cities might be brief, based on how the contract reportedly isMLB Trading Cards structured.

How muchMLB Autographed Memorabilia did it take for the Twins to land the top remaining free agent? Here's what has been reported so far.

Carlos Correa contract details

Correa reportedly agreed to a three-year contract worth $105.3 million. That would make the average annual value (AAV) $35.1 million.

ESPN's Jeff Passan reported that the contract calls for Correa to receive $35.1 million in each year of the contract.

The Associated Press reported that the deal would place Correa f atlanta braves jersey small ourth overall in AAV, behind the Mets' Max Scherzer ($43.3 million); the Yankees' Gerrit Cole, a former teammate of Correa's in Houston ($36 million); and the Angels' Mike Trout ($35.5 million). That means he will become the highest-paid infielder in the game. Jon Heyman of MLB Network noted that Correa passed the Angels' Anthony Rendon ($35 million). Berman reported in November that the Astros offered Correa $160 million over five years, a womens atlanta braves jersey $32 million AAMLB ShortsV.

But Minnesota might not have to pay out all that money. Correa can opt out of the deal after each of the first two seasons, 2022 and 2023. That means he could be back on the market in a year if he has a big season atlantaMookie Betts braves jersey red at the plate in 2021.

There's a good possibility that will happen, even though Correa is moving from a hitter's park, Houston's Minute Maid Park, to more of a pitcher's park, Minnesota's Target Field. The 27-year-old Correa hit a career-high 26 home runs and drove in 92 runs, second-most in his career, in 2021. He slaManny Machado shed .279/.366/.485 (131 OPS+, 134 wRC+). Heyman noted that Correa has a career 1.205 OPS at Target Field, but that was in just 70 plate appearances and he won't be hitting against Twins pitching anymore.

This would not be the largest contract in Twins history. The club signed Joe Mauer to an eight-year, $184 million extension that began in 2011.

The Correa contract capped a huge post-lockout period for Minnesota.

It began with the Twins making three trades over a two-day period the weeken atlanta braves mlb shop d of March 12-13. First, they acquired infielder Isiah Kiner-Falefa and minor league pitcher Ronny Henriquez from the Rangers for catcher Mitch Garver. Then, they picked up right-hander Sonny Gray from the Reds for right-hander Chase Petty, their first-round draft pick in 2021. Finally, they sent Kiner-Falefa, third baseman Josh Donaldson and catcher Ben Rortvedt to the Yankees for catcher Gary Sanchez and third baseman Gio Urshela. The Yankees took on all of Donaldson's contract (approximately $25 million AAV), which gave Minnesota more payroll space to go after Correa.

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