The Minnesota Twins have reportedly agreed to a trade that will send shortstop Carlos Correa back to the Houston Astros, his original MLB team, sources with knowledge of the situation confirmed to ESPN's Jeff Passan on Thursday (July 31) prior to the MLB trade deadline.
"BREAKING: The Minnesota Twins are trading shortstop Carlos Correa to the Houston Astros, sources tell ESPN," Passan wrote on his X account. "
The Carlos Correa-to-Houston deal looked dead 24 hours ago. They revisited, bridged a significant financial gap and Houston, with Isaac Paredes out for the season, welcomes home Correa, who waived his no-trade clause to approve the deal," Passan added, citing MLB.com Astros beat writer Brian McTaggart for breaking the news.
Correa, 30, spent his first seven MLB seasons with the Astros, which included winning the 2017 World Series, the 2015 Rookie of the Year Award, a 2021 Gold Glove Award and his first two of three All-Star Game appearances. The Puerto Rico native signed a six-year, $200 million deal to join the Twins ahead of the 2023 MLB season after reportedly agreeing to deals that eventually failed with the San Francisco 49ers and New York Mets earlier in the offseason.
Correa, who was an All-Star in 2024, currently has a .267 batting average with seven home runs and 31 RBIs in 93 games during the 2025 MLB season.