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Yankees highlights5/17/2023 Star shortstop Carlos Correa and the San Francisco Giants have agreed to a $350 million, 13-year contract, a person familiar with the negotiations told The Associated Press. FILE – Minnesota Twins Carlos Correa, right, is congratulated after hitting a solo home run against the Los Angeles Angels during the first inning of a baseball game in Anaheim, Calif., Saturday, Aug. Correa ultimately returned to Minnesota after concerns about an old leg injury scuttled larger free-agent deals with the Giants and Mets, but one of the Giants’ consolation prizes – Michael Conforto – is a career. Part II of the what-could-have-been tour takes the Giants to Minneapolis, where they’ll get their first look at Carlos Correa since his introductory news conference in San Francisco infamously was scrapped at the last minute. Expect runs to be plentiful – Estadio Alfredo Harp Helú, which seats a little more than 20,000 fans, is about 2,000 feet higher than Coors Field, and the dimensions are a cozy 325 feet down the lines and 400 to dead center. Last year’s lockout canceled a scheduled Giants-Marlins series there. The Giants won’t get their first look at the Padres until San Diego star Fernando Tatis Jr.’s suspension for drug use ends, but they’ll make history by playing in the first MLB games in Mexico City. It just makes the 13 Giants-Dodgers matchups mean more, right? The Giants opening homestand concludes with the Dodgers, but the rivalry will have to simmer for a while, as the teams won’t meet again until mid-June in L.A.Īpril 29-30 vs. MLB’s new balanced schedule means that for the first time, all 30 teams will face each other in at least one series but will play six fewer games against their divisional rivals. SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA – OCTOBER 02: A San Francisco Giants fan holds up his homemade sign, directed at New York Yankees Aaron Judge, after the Giants 4-3 win against the Arizona Diamondbacks in the 10th inning at Oracle Park in San Francisco, Calif., on Sunday, Oct. They’ll also get a chance to see what former Giants lefty Carlos Rodón looks like without a beard, although they won’t have to face him: he’s starting the season on the IL or likely would have faced his old team in Game 2. It was also an opportunity for fans to dream about what offseason free agent target Aaron Judge might have looked like in Orange and Black. The Giants spent Opening Day in New York for the first time since 1956 – their penultimate season before moving West.
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