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He broke the curse. He led the team. He didn\u2019t ask out. So why do so many Twins fans hate him now?<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Image courtesy of \u00a9 Troy Taormina-Imagn ImagesIt\u2019s been surreal watching the reactions unfold across Twins Territory since\u00a0Carlos Correa\u00a0was traded back to Houston at the deadline. There\u2019s anger. There\u2019s mockery. There are literal jersey burnings. Social media is filled with hot takes and a new nickname: \u201cC-463,\u201d a jab at his recent struggles at the plate and a reference to the scorebook code for a double play. And to be honest\u2026 I don\u2019t get it.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Yes, Correa waived his no-trade clause and agreed to go back to Houston. But the narrative that he somehow betrayed the Twins or abandoned the team doesn\u2019t hold up. From everything we\u2019ve seen reported, it wasn\u2019t Correa who initiated this move. The front office approached him, not the other way around. He didn\u2019t walk into\u00a0Rocco Baldelli\u2019s office and ask out. He didn\u2019t demand anything. He was presented with an option to join his former team, the defending champs, in first place, and he agreed. In the middle of a fire sale, after watching other teammates be shipped out, and after ownership slammed the door on the season and turned the lights off, he simply agreed to participate in the exodus.<\/p>\n

So why are fans acting like he\u2019s the villain?<\/strong><\/p>\n

We can\u2019t talk about Correa\u2019s time in Minnesota without starting with October 2023. The Twins hadn\u2019t won a playoff game in 19 years. The narrative of futility was entrenched. Then came Correa, signed in large part because of his postseason track record, and he delivered precisely the performance the team had asked of him. Nine hits in 22 at-bats. Three doubles. Four RBIs.\u00a0The game-winning hit in Game 2.\u00a0The improvised throw home. The pickoff play that sealed the sweep. Those aren\u2019t just memorable moments; they\u2019re historic ones. The Twins finally broke the curse, and Correa was the driving force. Simply put, the Twins don’t beat the Blue Jays without Correa. He provided the October heroics that he was signed to deliver.<\/p>\n

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    And then in 2024, he followed it up with a strong season, his best in a Twins uniform. Despite being limited to just 86 games because of injuries, Correa led the team in WAR at 3.7. He was the stabilizing force in the lineup when healthy, and even when banged up, he worked his way back late in the year, hoping to help the team reach the postseason again. He would\u2019ve been in the lineup in October if the roster hadn\u2019t crumbled around him.<\/p>\n

    Then came this year, and yeah, it\u2019s been rough. This season has not been kind to him. He hasn\u2019t looked right at the plate. But he was still out there every day, playing shortstop, doing his job, even as the season turned to dust. That has to count for something.<\/p>\n

    And let\u2019s not forget, Correa chose the Twins\u2014not once, but twice. The Twins weren\u2019t his first choice, sure. But after the Giants and Mets backed out, he had options. He didn\u2019t have to return to Minnesota. He could\u2019ve gone elsewhere, but he chose this team. And he bought in. That\u2019s not something Twins fans get from star free agents in Minnesota, and I think some fans have taken that for granted.<\/p>\n

    Look, I get it. Correa\u2019s contract was massive. He was the highest-paid player in franchise history, and no, he didn\u2019t deliver superstar production for 162 games each year. That\u2019s fair to acknowledge. You can absolutely argue that he wasn\u2019t worth the full price tag of that deal, but the postseason heroics in 2023 alone were incredibly valuable. He didn\u2019t just show up when it mattered. He delivered in ways that ended 19 years of playoff misery. How do you even put a dollar figure on that?<\/p>\n

    Beyond that, do we really believe that if the Twins hadn\u2019t signed Correa, that money would have gone somewhere else? We\u2019ve all watched how the Pohlads operate. That money wasn\u2019t going to another shortstop or a front-line starter. It would have gone right back into ownership\u2019s pockets. Correa wasn\u2019t blocking spending. He\u00a0was<\/em>\u00a0the spending. Perhaps more precisely, he was what the front office thought would be the tip of the spear, with more weight behind it. If there’s a betrayal to talk about here, it’s the same one we’ve talked about all along, with a new victim: Ownership pulled the rug out from under the front office and flouted the fans’ trust by constricting the payroll after 2023, and that also double-crossed Correa himself.<\/p>\n

    Admittedly, Correa didn\u2019t live up to every dollar. Most mega-contracts don\u2019t. However, he gave the Twins something they hadn\u2019t had in a generation: a postseason hero. For that alone, he deserves a better sendoff than this.<\/p>\n

    I\u2019ll look back on Correa\u2019s time in Minnesota fondly. He helped rewrite the story of this franchise. He brought a winning pedigree, big-game production, and stability to a position that had long been in flux. He was a leader, a clutch performer, and (in many ways) the face of a new era. That that era might now be defined by its shortcomings, rather than its successess, is the fault of many people, but Correa is low on the list.<\/p>\n

    I\u2019m not going to burn his jersey. I\u2019m not going to call him C-463. I\u2019m going to remember the moments; the hits; the celebrations; and the joy of October 2023. I\u2019ll wish him well, even in Houston.<\/p>\n

    What about you?<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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