Carlos Correa moved from the Houston Astros after the 2021 season, but he brought his winning ways to the Minnesota Twins
Prior to the 2015 season, the Houston Astros played a total of 53 seasons. They have only made qualifying nine times and appeared in the World Championships once. This debut came in 2005 but they were soon dispatched by the Chicago White Sox in a four-game sweep.
But since 2015, the Astros have competed in playoffs six times and been in three world championships, winning their first and only world titles in 2017. All six of those matches came with Carlos Correa as the team’s major announcer.
The Astros haven’t even finished above 0.500 since 2008, so when they got their first overall pick in the 2012 draft, they drafted Correa at age 17. He made his MLB debut three years later in June 2015 and they were still looking to hit the .500 for the first time since 2008.
Correa heralded the most lucrative period in Astros history but as with all good things, it should come to an end. While Houston is still the best team in the West, they are without Korea.
Instead, the Minnesota Twins shocked the baseball world in the off-season when they signed Korea to a three-year deal for $105.3 million with the subscription canceled after each season.
Unlike Houston, Minnesota has not been successful in the playoffs in recent years. In fact, they have not won a playoff match since 2004 and have only won one playoff series since they won the world championship in 1991.
Correa said he wanted to bring the “championship culture” Houston had to the twins. So far, it has been successful.
Carlos Correa brings ‘championship culture’ to the Minnesota Twins
The Minnesota Twins were among the most disappointing teams in every baseball game in 2021, going 73-89 after going 101-61 in 2019 and 36-24 in 2020. Carlos Correa helped them become the best MLS team in the middle .
Entering play on Monday, the Twins are 41-33, two games ahead of the Cleveland Guardians and on track for 90 wins.
While the twins faced off against the Colorado Rockies last weekend, FanSided met up with Correa for an exclusive chat about bringing the Twins’ “championship culture” and what it entails.
“It’s a way of thinking, a mindset, and having the right information,” said Correa, who has been known to dive into advanced statistics. Aaron Jaliman the athlete Checked back in May. “I feel like with our coaching staff, the people who work in the front office and the veteran players of this club, I feel we are in a good place now. So we are very happy. Now in June, where are we as a team.” (first place in the section).
His teammates have noticed a winning mentality, too.
“(Korea) is handling itself very well,” Devin Smeltzer told FanSided. “He puts in his work, does his routine, and sets himself up better than anyone else. He’s not boisterous and straightforward and flashy with his drive, which I think is a good thing. He handles things very well. He’ll call hill visits if things speed up. I wasn’t Never be part of a team where there is a team leader who will come and talk to you in the dugout from the point of view of the position player.
“He’s kind of hitting 1,000 or .000, you can’t really tell the difference. He carries himself the same way, his effort is there every day.”
Smeltzer also compared his leadership skills to his former teammate, Nelson Cruz, even though Cruz is 14 years older than him.
“He looks a lot like Nelson,” Smeltzer said. “Obviously the status of the veteran Nelson was a lot different, but much older, but he was also a great leader in how he carried himself, prepared and led by example versus the loud, flashy leader.
“But when it comes to the winning culture that (Korea) is trying to build, he is the kind of leader that will lift you up the ladder versus oppressing you, and there is no pressure from his leadership either. It is just the kind of magnetic force that you have to follow.”
Fellow rookie Chris Archer echoed the same sentiment.
“It (Korea) was huge,” said Archer. “We all hold each other accountable and express what it takes to win daily, he did a great job at that.”
As the Twins have seen over the past 20 years, though, winning the regular season and winning the post-season are two different things, but, perhaps, Correa will be able to steer them into the post-season series or perhaps even their first world championship. title in more than 30 years.
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