In one of the more surprising moves of the MLB trade deadline, shortstop Carlos Correa is headed back to the Houston Astros.
Correa was sent from the Minnesota Twins to the Astros in exchange for LHP Matt Mikulski. Correa was drafted 1st overall by the Astros in the 2012 MLB Draft, and by 2015, he was their cornerstone shortstop. In eight seasons with the Astros, Correa hit .276 with 133 home runs, 489 RBI’s and a .836 OPS. He was also named an All-Star twice, won the Platinum Glove award in 2021, and was a key contributor to the 2017 World Series winning team.
Now headed back to Houston to compete for yet another World Series title, Correa spoke with MLB.com’s Brian McTaggart about his goals for his second stint with the Astros.
“I’m coming home and there’s only one goal in mind,” Correa said. “And that’s to win championships.”
“Very happy that I get to come back home and join the team that everything started with,” he added. “Also, my parents live there and they’ll be closer to the kids now and will be able to see them every day. I had some conversations with the front office in Minnesota and we were not moving in the direction that I thought we were after [making] the playoffs [in 2023], and they agreed with me that it was time to move me. I let them know there was only one team I would allow that to happen.”
This season, Correa is hitting .264 with 7 home runs, 31 RBI’s and a .696 OPS as he looks to turnaround his season in his old stomping grounds.
