Ranking Carlos Correa’s 6 potential suitors after Scott Boras hire
By Mark Powell
Could Red Sox, Yankees compete for Carlos Correa?
Neither the Red Sox nor Yankees want to spend the necessary money for a player of Correa’s stature, which is why they’re ranked this far low on the charts.
Boston has an everyday shortstop in Xander Bogaerts. There are longstanding rumors that as Bogaerts ages, the Red Sox will want to move him to third base or elsewhere. Being in the American League, DH is also an option regardless of how the MLB lockout impacts such a rule change in the NL.
Signing Correa would be out of Chaim Bloom’s comfort zone, but it’s far more likely than the Yankees, whose reported preferred terms with the star shortstop are well below his expectations.
If Correa wants $330 million in the Bronx, Brian Cashman might hang up the phone on Boras, regardless of how much he’s worth.
Per SNY’s Andy Martino, the Yankees don’t want to spend over $200 million on any free agent, including Correa. That’s not going to get New York a game-changing talent like Correa, but evidently the Yankees don’t feel like they’re one player away from winning a World Series.
Not to mention, the Yankees do have Anthony Volpe in the shortstop pipeline a few years down the line. Depending on how confident they are in Volpe, a cheap stopgap makes far more sense than a decade of Correa.