On the note of Correa's potential free agent suitors, I thought I'd pull together the list.
Oakland: Elvis Andrus for 3 more years
Anaheim: Love to spend, so maybe
Texas: Love to screw us, but just doesn't seem likely
Seattle: Doesn't spend on big FA
Chicago White Sox: Tim Anderson - cheap for 4 more years
Cleveland: Won't pay Lindor, certainly won't pay Correa
Kansas City: Not a spender
Minnesota: Simmons is a FA after this year. Possibility
Detroit: Not spending
New York Yankees: Gleybor Torres
Baltimore: Not spending
Toronto: Bo Bichette
Boston: Xander Boegarts, unless they want to move him to 2nd.
Tampa: Not signing large FA contracts
New York Mets: Lindor
Atlanta: Dansby Swanson
Miami: Maybe. They may feel like they can contend soon and are on the rise.
Washington: Trea Turner
Philadelphia: Possibility. Didi Gregorious under contract for another year
Chicago Cubs: In rebuild mode currently, but have the money. They'd extend Baez first.
Pittsburgh: No way
St. Louis: Not sure how much they like Paul de Jong, but he is under control for 4 more years.
Milwaukee: No quality SS to speak of, so maybe. But not a ton of history of these kind of contracts.
Cincinnati: Hard to say.
Arizona: nobody, but would be surprising.
LA Dodgers: They'd pay Seager if they wanted to sign a big SS
San Diego: Tatis
San Francisco: Real possibility
Colorado: They'd pay Story if they wanted to
So thats Anaheim, Minnesota, Miami, Philly, Milwaukee, Arizona, and San Francisco. Twins, Arizona and Milwaukee all feel like longshots to spend that kind of money on a long term contract right now. There will also be Story, Baez, Seager available. Chris Taylor could be a really nice addition for teams in need of a SS too.
All that to say, theres really not many options for Correa to go to considering he's probably 4th in that pecking order of top tier available short stops.
Oakland: Elvis Andrus for 3 more years
Anaheim: Love to spend, so maybe
Texas: Love to screw us, but just doesn't seem likely
Seattle: Doesn't spend on big FA
Chicago White Sox: Tim Anderson - cheap for 4 more years
Cleveland: Won't pay Lindor, certainly won't pay Correa
Kansas City: Not a spender
Minnesota: Simmons is a FA after this year. Possibility
Detroit: Not spending
New York Yankees: Gleybor Torres
Baltimore: Not spending
Toronto: Bo Bichette
Boston: Xander Boegarts, unless they want to move him to 2nd.
Tampa: Not signing large FA contracts
New York Mets: Lindor
Atlanta: Dansby Swanson
Miami: Maybe. They may feel like they can contend soon and are on the rise.
Washington: Trea Turner
Philadelphia: Possibility. Didi Gregorious under contract for another year
Chicago Cubs: In rebuild mode currently, but have the money. They'd extend Baez first.
Pittsburgh: No way
St. Louis: Not sure how much they like Paul de Jong, but he is under control for 4 more years.
Milwaukee: No quality SS to speak of, so maybe. But not a ton of history of these kind of contracts.
Cincinnati: Hard to say.
Arizona: nobody, but would be surprising.
LA Dodgers: They'd pay Seager if they wanted to sign a big SS
San Diego: Tatis
San Francisco: Real possibility
Colorado: They'd pay Story if they wanted to
So thats Anaheim, Minnesota, Miami, Philly, Milwaukee, Arizona, and San Francisco. Twins, Arizona and Milwaukee all feel like longshots to spend that kind of money on a long term contract right now. There will also be Story, Baez, Seager available. Chris Taylor could be a really nice addition for teams in need of a SS too.
All that to say, theres really not many options for Correa to go to considering he's probably 4th in that pecking order of top tier available short stops.