Twins’ Carlos Correa Dealing With Foot, Heel Injuries, Rocco Baldelli Says
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Minnesota Twins star Carlos Correa is going through foot and heel injuries that could perhaps perhaps send him to the injured checklist, supervisor Rocco Baldelli urged journalists Wednesday.
Correa underwent an MRI that printed a strain in the arch of his left foot and plantar fasciitis in his heel. He hasn’t played since Monday’s loss to the San Francisco Giants.
“I judge we score to Friday and a few of our choices could very nicely be made for us,” Baldelli acknowledged when requested if Correa could very nicely be positioned on the 10-day injured checklist.
Correa had an offseason for the ages, one which can very nicely be the discipline of a documentary some day.
The 2-time All-Huge title originally agreed to a 13-yr, $350 million contract with the San Francisco Giants, factual for the deal to score held up thanks to a scenario flagged right through his physical.
With the Giants waffling, Correa changed into spherical and agreed to a 12-yr, $315 million supply from the Novel York Mets. Like the Giants, the Mets swiftly received frigid feet thanks to one thing from his physical.
That opened the door for a reunion with the Twins, who lastly signed Correa to a six-yr, $200 million contract.
The 28-yr-broken-down was very perfect in his first season with the crew. He had 22 residence runs, 64 RBI and a .291/.366/.467 cut line in 136 video games. His .362 wOBA ranked second amongst shortstops, per FanGraphs.
Alongside with re-signing Correa, Minnesota’s varied predominant addition in the offseason was starting pitcher Pablo López, received in a replace with the Miami Marlins.
The Twins are taking a look for to atone for a 78-84 document and a third-location put in the American League Central in 2022. To that discontinuance, Correa’s contributions will be well-known toward making them a playoff crew as soon as more.
Correa is having a down yr in 2023, slashing .213/.302/.396 with six residence runs and 24 RBI in 44 video games.
The Twins sit down first in the AL Central with a 26-24 document, three video games above the second-location Detroit Tigers.
