At the end of the 2022 MLB season, it appeared that Carlos Correa would be moving on from the Minnesota Twins. That became increasingly likely after he agreed to a massive free-agent deal with the San Francisco Giants, but the team averted his contract after looking through his injury history. The same thing happened with the New York Mets. And suddenly, he found himself back in the Twin Cities.
As the Twins beat the Astros 6-2 in Game 2 to tie the American League Division Series at 1-1, it was Correa who came through against his former team. Correa went 3-for-4 and drove in three RBIs, as the Twins head back to Minnesota with the series tied.
As Correa drove in two runs to increase the lead over Houston, he surpassed Derek Jeter and David Ortiz on the all-time postseason RBI leaderboard.
Correa was nearly speechless as Fox’s Tom Verducci shared that insane feat with him.
"Wow, I gotta let that sink in."@TeamCJCorrea makes #Postseason history tonight in the @Twins victory. pic.twitter.com/RItg6MBIcu
— MLB (@MLB) October 9, 2023
“Wow, I gotta let that sink in,” he said.
The MLB world was quick to react as Correa accomplished a historic postseason feat on Sunday night.
Carlos Correa becomes the greatest playoff shortsop of all time in the most bittersweet way imaginable. Going with Pena was absolutely the right choice, but a part of me wishes the Astros would've re-signed him so he could've won one more title in Houston. https://t.co/7iK68Z5omG
— Robert Breedlove (@Breedlovecam) October 9, 2023
Rocco Baldelli on Carlos Correa thriving again in October:
“When the bright lights come on, some guys are giants in the light. And he's one of them. That's what he is. It's not by chance. It's definitely not the lottery here. This is a lifetime of work in the making.”
— Aaron Gleeman (@AaronGleeman) October 9, 2023
baseball is the BEST https://t.co/jjVcWBlQGt
— Sarah Langs (@SlangsOnSports) October 9, 2023
Oh man I'm definitely going to drop a "Carlos Correa is more clutch than Derek Jeter" the next time I want to annoy Yankees fans. https://t.co/if3PSagngL
— Chris Towers is the Riley Greene Preservation Soc (@CTowersCBS) October 9, 2023
But his physical had concerns.. https://t.co/tvDffs2A7M
— Jeremy Hartung (@jjhart05) October 9, 2023
This is actually crazy when you think about it. That’s legendary company. https://t.co/wNxmYngfBW
— ROOK (@rookmatic) October 9, 2023
Carlos Correa turned 29 a couple weeks ago. https://t.co/cRLWEiHbUg
— Big Baby David (@BigBabyDavid_) October 9, 2023
I heard them say this on the broadcast and I had to go check all of their postseason numbers on @baseball_ref to see for myself.
Impressive. Those two guys played in so many playoff games (and were known as postseason heroes, of course). https://t.co/nohPOZWiDt— Ryan Lawrence (@ryanlawrence21) October 9, 2023
That math doesn’t add up in my head. That’s crazy https://t.co/SjuK7QXPzI
— Céad Míle Fáilte (@ColeyMick) October 9, 2023
Correa is now tied with David Justice (63) for the most RBIs in playoff history, only trailing Manny Ramirez and Bernie Williams.
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