Correa agent Boras puzzled by New York's decision: 'I don't understand the Mets'

Carlos Correa will spend the next six years of his career with the Minnesota Twins after a series of failed negotiations with the San Francisco Giants and New York Mets cost him over $100 million.

Correa's agent, Scott Boras, was perplexed by how the Mets handled their end of discussions, as it looked like they were going to swoop in and sign his client after a physical with the Giants brought up an old injury and caused the deal to fall apart.

"I don’t understand the Mets," Boras told USA Today's Bob Nightengale. "I gave them all of the information. We had them talk to four doctors. They knew the issue the Giants had. And yet, they still call the same doctor the Giants used for his opinion. There was no new information. So why negotiate a contract if you were going to rely on the same doctor?

"It was different with the Giants because a doctor had an opinion they didn't know about. But the Mets had notice of this. They knew the opinion of the Giants. So why did you negotiate when you know this thing in advance?"

The Mets initially offered Correa a 12-year, $315-million contract after the Giants reneged but wouldn't commit after speaking to orthopedic specialist Dr. Robert Anderson. Anderson advised both the Giants and Mets to avoid a long-term commitment to Correa because of an ankle injury he suffered in 2014 that required surgery.

New York's front office tried to rework the contract to include multiple club-option years and annual physicals, but Boras felt like what they were offering was too risky of a deal for his client, so he pivoted to the Twins and got a deal done for $200 million.

The agent called the entire saga one of the most emotionally exhausting deals he's ever negotiated, but he admitted feeling at ease with how things ended up.

“This was so hard emotionally because you're sitting in front of a player, his wife, his parents, her parents," Boras said, "and you have to share disappointment, not once, but twice. It was really, really stressful for Carlos and his family.

"But in the end, seeing how happy he was and how excited the Twins are, maybe this was the way it was meant to be all along."