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Jul 30, 2025, 06:53 PM ET
MINNEAPOLIS -- Carlos Correa said discussions astir a commercialized from the Minnesota Twins backmost to the Houston Astros earlier Thursday's deadline aren't "serious," but helium didn't regularisation retired the anticipation of returning to the metropolis wherever helium won a World Series.
"That's not thing that's, I don't think, superior close now," the shortstop said aft sitting retired Minnesota's 13-1 nonaccomplishment to the Boston Red Sox connected Wednesday with a migraine. "We'll spot wherever everything goes, but my extremity has ever been to beryllium present and triumph here."
The three-time All-Star has a no-trade clause successful the six-year, $200 cardinal declaration helium signed with the Twins successful 2023, truthful he'd request to motion disconnected connected immoderate deal. Correa said he's been successful predominant connection with Twins president of shot operations Derek Falvey and manager Rocco Baldelli, and said helium has "full control" implicit what happens betwixt present and the 6 p.m. ET Thursday deadline.
The Astros whitethorn beryllium successful request of an infielder, with 3rd baseman Isaac Paredes continuing to conflict a strained hamstring. Correa is simply a beloved fixture successful franchise past who led Houston to a 2017 World Series crown and batted .277 with 489 RBIs successful 7 seasons.
Astros 2nd baseman Jose Altuve, who remains adjacent with Correa, was asked successful Houston connected Wednesday if he'd heard astir the anticipation of him returning to the team.
"Correa's a feline with a batch of past present successful Houston," Altuve said. "He's a large player, large quality being, large teammate. So I deliberation -- if thing [were] to happen, I anticipation it's the champion for him and for us."
Altuve said helium hasn't talked to Correa astir it and that helium astir apt wouldn't get successful interaction with him until aft the deadline.
The 30-year-old hasn't been rather the aforesaid subordinate since signing a three-year woody with Minnesota successful 2022. Correa opted retired of that declaration and agreed to articulation the San Francisco Giants and past the New York Mets, but some deals were negated aft his physicals.
He re-signed with Minnesota, wherever he's deed .271 portion battling respective nagging injuries that person had him successful and retired of the lineup.
After trading starter Chris Paddack to the Detroit Tigers connected Tuesday, the Twins person indicated they program to support shedding contracts astatine this year's deadline. A squad that expected to vie for the AL Central is 4th successful the division, 4-8 since the All-Star interruption and an AL-worst 20-31 since June 1.
While Falvey and the beforehand bureau proceed to judge successful a halfway that includes All-Star Byron Buxton, Royce Lewis and ace Pablo Lopez, the squad whitethorn commencement preparing for adjacent play and beyond by maximizing the instrumentality worth of expiring contracts.
It's the archetypal clip successful his vocation Correa has played for a squad successful "sell" mode.
"I've been having a batch of speech with players and conscionable effort to support them focused connected the things that they tin power and the regular enactment that we bash here, to spell retired determination and effort to triumph games and immoderate happens happens," Correa said.
Correa besides near Tuesday's nonaccomplishment to the Red Sox with a migraine. An MRI connected Wednesday revealed nary superior concerns.
Correa isn't the lone Twins subordinate whose sanction has swirled successful the yearly commercialized deadline rumor mill.
The Twins agreed to commercialized person Jhoan Duran to the Philadelphia Phillies for 2 prospects Wednesday, sources told ESPN's Jeff Passan.
In addition, reliever Griffin Jax, outfielder Harrison Bader, catcher Christian Vazquez, reliever Danny Coulombe, outfielder Ty France and inferior antheral Willi Castro, among others, are acceptable to go escaped agents oregon arbitration-eligible aft the season.
"This crippled has benignant of thrown maine each implicit the place," said France, who signed with Minnesota successful February. "I've been traded a fewer times, been DFA'd, I've been done it all. So it's conscionable portion of the business. It's not a amusive part, but it is what it is."
Jax said he's ne'er dealt with this before.
"A mates of years agone successful '21, I was the feline that was going to get called up if we made immoderate trades, and that's what ended up happening. So, present being connected this broadside and seeing the different sides of emotions and what it's truly similar from the concern side, it's conscionable different."
Castro exited Wednesday's nonaccomplishment to Boston aboriginal and was seen shaking hands with galore of his teammates successful the dugout.
"I was readying connected taking Willi retired of the game," Baldelli said. "Willi hasn't gone anywhere. I conscionable wanted to springiness him a small pat. He plays hard for america each day."
Castro, a 2024 All-Star said afterward helium was "nervous" astir the 24 hours starring up to the deadline.
"They haven't told maine thing yet," helium said.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
