MINNEAPOLIS — Carlos Correa required help to get off the field Friday night after an opposing player slid into his surgically-repaired lower right leg.
The Twins shortstop’s injury happened in the seventh inning as he tagged Pittsburgh Pirates base runner Tommy Pham, who was thrown out stretching a single into a double. Correa stumbled and fell to the ground, where he sat for several minutes as Twins trainers checked on his leg before assisting him off the field.
Correa’s right leg was the focal point of much controversy during his second trip through free agency ahead of the 2023 season.
Both the San Francisco Giants and New York Mets voided free-agent contracts over $300 million after Correa failed physicals, each club having concerns about the long-term health of his right ankle. At issue was how his ankle would hold up over the life of a contract because of an injury Correa sustained as a minor-leaguer in 2014. Correa needed surgery to repair a fractured right fibula he sustained while playing at Single-A Lancaster.
After the Giants and Mets spurned him, Correa returned to the Twins on a six-year, $200-million deal in January 2023. Though he suffered from bouts of plantar fasciitis in 2023 and 2024, each in a different foot, Correa has been healthy this season. Entering Friday’s game, Correa appeared in 81 of the Twins’ first 93 games, hitting .260/.302/.385 with seven homers and 30 RBIs in 315 plate appearances.
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