The Mad Dog is mad, and he wants to bring you with him.
After striking out on inking Aaron Judge, San Francisco Giants GM Farhan Zaidi landed the next biggest free agent he could, signing Carlos Correa to a 13-year, $350 million contract.
Chris Russo went on his show High Heat and blasted the signing, calling it one of the worst moves in San Francisco Giants history.
“They need their heads examined,” Russo said. “I don’t care if San Francisco never talks to me again. This is an awful, awful contract.
“The Giants aren’t winning anything, I know they were desperate. They fell short of Judge, nobody’s gonna buy tickets to see Mitch Haniger and Sean Manaea and Ross Stripling, I understand that. But also nobody’s going to buy tickets in the Bay Area for Carlos Correa either.”
Sheesh. Tell us how you really feel.
Russo goes on to applaud Correa’s sterling postseason track record, but argues that spending close to half a billion dollars on a player with two All-Star Game appearances is unpalatable.
“He is not on the Judge level,” Russo said. “He doesn’t make you go to the ballpark. This is a guy whose highest MVP thing was fifth. Fifth! He’s made two All-Star teams, he’s never hit 30 home runs, he’s driven in over 85 runs once in his career. Last year he hit 22 homers and 64 RBIs. He’s a lifetime .279 hitter.
“Over 162, there is not a chance in hell I would ever, ever give him $350 million. I know San Francisco was completely desperate, their farm system stinks, we all know that. They haven’t had a good farm system since Sabean produced Jonathan Sanchez and Matt Cain and Bumgarner and Lincecum. And Crawford to a certain degree, and of course Posey who was like the third pick in the draft. But their farm system has not produced an everyday big time starter in a long time.”
But Russo wasn’t done there. He wanted to make sure he twisted the knife one more time before moving on.
“I’ll say it now and I’ll leave it alone. This is going to be a contract that is going to go down as one of the worst contracts or moves in the history of the San Francisco Giants.”