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Puerto Rican stellar shortstop Carlos Correa will go to a second arbitration hearing with the Houston Stars after rejecting the offer in his third and final year of eligibility before becoming a free agent in the end of the 2021 season.
The 26-year-old Santa Claus is demanding a $ 12.5 million contract, a $ 3 million increase from the $ 9.5 bid Houston offered.
In 2019, Correa won the process to agency $ 5 million after the Stars offered him $ 4,250,000. Last year, he avoided going to a hearing by agreeing for $ 8.5 million.
Carlos Correa requested $ 12.5 million, while the Astros earned $ 9.75 million. Midpoint: $ 11.125 billion.
– Mark Feinsand (@Feinsand) January 16, 2021
The Rookie of the Year of the American League in 2015, first selection in the 2012 draw, comes from a shortened season averaging 264 5 homers and 25 RBIs in 58 games.
In the postseason, he was one of the protagonists in October’s .362 midfield with six home runs and 17 RBIs in 13 games. The Stars stayed one game back in the World Series for the third time in four years after losing the seventh game of the American League Championship Series against the Tampa Bay Rays.