Worst free agent shortstop contract of the 2020's (so far)

I agree that Turner is the best of the group, he's a complete player now and his bat will play even as he declines. Correa is fantastic when he's on the field. Baez is probably the best answer but I forgot to add him, so I voted for Bogaerts. It really seems like he peaked three years ago and the contract runs throughout his 30's.

seems like bogaerts’ 2019 was one of the standout juiced ball seasons — he hasn’t really displayed that kind of power before or since. but relative to the league he’s regressed very little (OPS+ still around 130). still gets on base, hits a bunch of doubles (although that may be fenway-aided), good fielder, seems durable, not a head case.

i mean yeah every contract that includes a player’s age 40 season is gonna get ugly, but i think it’ll be a while before he sinks to baez’s *current* value

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Well then

You've probably seen this already by now:

Billy, this is Carlos Correa, he is one of the best shortstops in all of baseball.
His only defect is that every team freaks out when they see his medicals. I believe, if we wait long enough, the A's can sign him for $237,000. pic.twitter.com/LxxbSw96nb

— Baseball Brit (@BaseballBrit) December 24, 2022

Lol. What happens next with this dude?! Mets pumps the breaks and Carlos / boras are saying they won’t renegotiate the contract… do they blink? Do the Mets blink? Do the rangers say “fuck it” and sign him for a year and $35 M less? is he destined for some contractual no mans land where he’s only able to land one year deals for the rest of his career?

I think the Rangers could use a third $30M/yr shortstop.