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This is what I keep coming back to. Who is the team that's gonna pull the trigger? Not the Astros, who lowballed him in the first place. Not the Rangers, given that they have spent their bullet here. Maybe the Yanks or Dodgers? But if not them, who? He gets the Lindor money if one of the 30 teams wants to give him Lindor money. We probably won't know who it is until it happens

OK

The idea may be that Semien's age depresses his yearly salary number. My guess is that it sets the top of the market above 300m, but below Lindor

Not sure I agree there. Although it may take Lindor money off the table for Correa

He really should, definitely in terms of years.

FWIW. Still think they aren't really landing Story after this.

Now I'm wondering about Story... it seemed like people in the area were naturally connecting him with the Rangers because he's from Irving. This upends that some

Another competitor in the SS market down, possibly one of the better contenders for Correa's services.

That's excessive

The fact that they haven't managed expectations well is a big reason why I think they're ultimately going to get one of them.

One guy we haven't talked a lot about is Corey Seager.... his camp has arguably been the quietest of the five. I wonder if the speculation that he may have to move off short in a couple of years is a factor with him

I think a lot of the reporting is interesting and impacts my view of the likelihood of signing Correa, I just don't buy the idea that anything that anything that's been reported to-date means that signing Correa is impossible. It all looks like a negotiation to me, a lot of which is playing out in the press. The Tigers are trying to get the best deal for their money among the five shortstops, Carlos Correa is trying to get what he thinks he's owed. And with respect to Correa, who knows... he may think he's worth 10/341, but maybe he'll find that no teams think he's worth that.

This may take another team out of the SS running

It would likely be a massive overpay if the Mets matched or beat other offers, especially since he'll be a 2B there.

Generally speaking, it's not clear to me that the free agents have as much leverage as we assume either. I'm sure the CBA figures into that as well.

Texas is the only one I see who would do it for Correa. Maybe. It just seems like this is all part of a negotiation. And the Tigers, for their part, may just be trying to get the best possible deal for one of these guys versus just going hog wild and giving Lindor money away without doing due diligence. We don't know. I feel like people just see Jon Heyman tweets and lose their minds without understanding that there are motives to any leak.

Sure. But as of the moment, based on reporting, who is the team aside from the Tigers likely to give Correa more than 300 million? Can you name the team that is sitting out there who will give him Lindor money? I don't have an answer for either of those questions at the moment. Doesn't mean they don't exist, we just don't know

Just to expound upon this... In terms of Correa, a lot of time has been spent on the Tigers willingness to spend $300+ mil, not much has been spent talking about whether others are willing to give $300+ mil for Correa's services. Do we really know that others will at this point?

Lynn Henning retweeted it lol. I do think he makes a fair point in that it isn't clear who out there may have offered more for Correa than the Tigers. It's the best natural fit on a number of levels.

Now this is an interesting theory. Throughout this offseason, it really hasn't been clear that anyone is more interested in Correa's services than the Tigers. Rangers maybe?

That's a fair point

Exactly... likely means the Mets are out of the running. Less competition. Doesn't mean they'll get him, but I think the likelihood just increased a decent amount

Uhh, this is sort of telling