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NEW YORK — Now that Steve Cohen has successfully gotten out from under his $315 million flight of fancy with Carlos Correa, there is no way of really knowing just how much of a difference the free-agent shortstop would have made for the Mets, who still need another bat. Or…

PHILADELPHIA — In stretching out Trea Turner’s $300 million contract over 11 years, the Phillies diluted the average annual salary for luxury-tax purposes and payroll flexibility. It’s the approach they took four years ago in signing Bryce Harper. The length of Turner’s deal, like Harper’s 13-year pact, was predicated on…

Correa saw deals with both the Giants and Mets fall through after failing his physical exams.

MINNEAPOLIS — The reaction when it was revealed on Dec. 20 that agent Scott Boras had rebounded from San Francisco's cold feet on the signing of Carlos Correa to land a similar deal with the New York Mets was two-fold:

MINNEAPOLIS — Saying "all that matters is what I do from this point forward," Carlos Correa rejoined the Twins, passing the team's physical exams after two other teams balked at giving the 28-year-old shortstop long-term deals.

Correa agreed Tuesday to return to the Twins after richer deals with the San Francisco Giants and New York Mets both dissolved over concerns by those clubs about an old injury to his lower leg.

He reportedly agreed to a deal that can max out to more than $200 million.

Finally.

New York wanted voiding options reliant on Correa’s health in the final six years of the deal.