The press conference in San Francisco scheduled for Tuesday to announce Correa’s contract was canceled at the last minute.
The dreadful offseason of the San Francisco Giants has resumed, with Carlos Correa’s contract on hold
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Teams always postpone big, introductory press conferences — events that have been planned for a week — in the morning, right?
– Right?
– They don’t, of course.
That’s why the Giants postponed Carlos Correa’s introductory press conference on Tuesday. That is why it is impossible not to imagine the worst-case scenario.
Yes, the Giants’ abysmal offseason has resumed.
Perhaps only for a few hours. This could be the permanent state. In any case, what happened Tuesday was a bad look in the midst of a bad offseason — an offseason that was supposed to be saved by the signing of the Puerto Rican star shortstop.
Here are the details: Correa has not agreed to terms with the Giants. He has agreed to terms with the Giants, but the pen has not yet touched paper on the 13-year, $350 million contract.
As a result, Correa is unlikely to be signed by the Giants. And if he is signed, the Giants better have a good reason for not holding a press conference with him on Tuesday, because the postponement is both suspicious and unprofessional.
We’re still in the dark about why the press conference was canceled hours later.
According to the Associated Press, citing an unnamed source, the delay in the press conference was caused by a medical issue with Correa’s physical.
According to the San Francisco Chronicle, the problem is not his back, which has plagued him throughout his career.
Obviously, with the Giants signing Correa to an exceptionally long contract — one that runs through 2035 — so it’s important for the team to be extremely thorough in that physical.
But Correa signed a one-year deal with the Twins last season that also required a physical. Whatever is in play here is new.
To be clear, everything may turn out fine. The Giants and Correa’s agent, Scott Boras, may end up blaming this bizarre blunder on supply-chain issues, the tripledemic, or Christmas.
However, the Giants’ handling of the situation was out of the ordinary.
The fact that the team isn’t actively explaining why Correa’s press conference was canceled — on or off the record — doesn’t lend credence to the press conference being canceled for trivial reasons.
The Giants would tell everyone “there’s nothing to worry about” if there were nothing to worry about. After all, it was their special day.
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Let me take you behind the scenes for a moment:
The Giants issued an official news release — a large banner with the Giants logo and “FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE” at the top — on Monday at 8:35 a.m., stating that the team’s executives would hold a press conference in the same area of the ballpark where Buster Posey announced his retirement after the 2021 season.
It was for Correa’s signing. The press conference was unofficially scheduled last week, despite the fact that the news release did not mention his name.
The Giants sent out another email to the media at 8:15 a.m. Tuesday.
There is no banner. There is no logo. There is no signature. “Today’s Giants press conference has been postponed,” say seven words.
In less than 24 hours, they went from official letterhead and teasing a special guest to a plain-text email and radio silence.
If the Giants sign Correa, the first time he misses a game — and he will miss games for the next 13 years — everyone will remember Tuesday.
But, if we learn in the coming days that the Giants will not sign Correa, it will be for obvious reasons.
However, the Giants’ offseason will reach a new low in terms of embarrassment. They would have lost not one, but two star players, with the second agreeing to terms before things fell apart.
No one can blame San Francisco for not finalizing the deal with Correa based on his physical, but the organization cannot afford to go into the offseason without a star player, and all of them are signed except for Correa.
These are issues that will be worked out in the coming hours and days.
Meanwhile, we are in an unusual state.
Even if Correa eventually signs on the dotted line, what was supposed to be a celebration of a huge free agency win has turned into a no-win situation for all parties involved.
