SAN FRANCISCO — Giants executive Farhan Zaidi said the club immediately voiced its concerns to Carlos Correa’s agent when problems with the shortstop’s physical examination led to the collapse of his contract.
Zaidi, the president of baseball operations in San Francisco, spoke publicly for the first time since his $350 million, 13-year deal with Correa expired by Dec. 20. Day. Correa and agent Scott Boras then signed him to a new $315 million deal over his 12 years with the Mets.
“I spoke with Scott Boras on the phone on Monday about exercising Carlos’ physical rights when his plane landed in San Francisco at 5 p.m., and the conversation continued from that point on.” No,” Zaidi said in a video call with a handful of beat reporters.
Zaidi admitted that the Giants and Correa camps have “disagreement over medical evaluations.”
There were mixed opinions about the star infielder’s right ankle injury and surgery in 2014 when he was in class A ball, according to a person with direct knowledge of the negotiations, who spoke to the Associated Press on condition of anonymity due to privacy rules. Correa’s contract with the Mets has been delayed by similar concerns.
Zaidi said an important and standard front office practice is to “express concerns immediately and show respect by not waiting until the last second whenever possible.” He expressed a good relationship with Boras.
In fact, the Giants were close to signing outfielder Michael Conforto to a two-year, $36 million deal.
According to Zaidi, given that Correa’s deal with New York has yet to go through, San Francisco has “had some conversations since” with Boras, but “they’re open to deals elsewhere at the moment.” They are so focused that there is little chance of them doing business with us at this point based on their position.”
Zaidi also wanted to emphasize to the Giants’ loyal fan base that all decisions were made as a whole and not by one individual.
“One thing I want to make clear is that as an organization, it’s really important for our fans to hear that from me and believe that our organization is fully integrated every step of the way as this unfolds. I think it’s important,” Zaidi said.
Zaidi has faced criticism this offseason after missing out on Aaron Judge and Correa. I’m trying to put it in perspective and said: And. And part of my responsibility is to support and lift other people when things don’t go their way, and not dwell on the negatives.
He has passed scrutiny and looks forward to continuing to improve the 2023 roster. Zaidi, 46, his former assistant general manager at the Oakland Athletics, joined the Giants in November 2018 from his previous job as general manager. Dodgers.
“When I open the Twitter app just to see what’s going on in the world and whether my name is trending, it’s always a little jarring, and that’s generally not a good thing.” he said. “At the end of the day, I understand it comes with territory. is to be placed on the field.”